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Mikhail Baryshnikov

1948 to 1982 5 documented presences 5 places

Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Mikhail Baryshnikov across 5 places, from 1960 to 1976. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov (born January 27, 1948) is a Latvian and American dancer, choreographer, and actor.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Mikhail Baryshnikov was documented, and when

1960year
Rigaattested “Baryshnikov began his ballet studies in Riga in 1960, at the age of 12.” source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Baryshnikov
1974year
United Statesattested “(Baryshnikov met Brodsky in 1974, soon after Soviet authorities had forced Brodsky to leave his home country and he moved to the United States.” source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Baryshnikov
29 June 1974exact date
Torontoattested “On June 29, 1974, in Toronto while on tour with the Bolshoi, Baryshnikov defected, requesting political asylum in Canada.” source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Baryshnikov
29 June 1974exact date
Canadaattested “On June 29, 1974, in Toronto while on tour with the Bolshoi, Baryshnikov defected, requesting political asylum in Canada.” source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Baryshnikov
1976year
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Artsattested “Baryshnikov made his American television dancing debut in 1976, on the PBS program In Performance Live from Wolf Trap.” source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Places Mikhail Baryshnikov is documented in

Canada1 presence · 1974Riga1 presence · 1960Toronto1 presence · 1974United States1 presence · 1974
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts1 presence · 1976

Other places tied to Mikhail Baryshnikov in the record

In each of these, a source puts Mikhail Baryshnikov and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Mikhail Baryshnikov was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1964year
Vaganova Schoolmentioned “In 1964, he entered the Vaganova School, in what was then Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg).” source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Baryshnikov
8 July 1978exact date
Saratoga Springsmentioned “On July 8, 1978, he made his debut with George Balanchine's and Lincoln Kirstein's company at Saratoga Springs, appearing as Franz in Coppélia.” source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Baryshnikov
12 October 1979exact date
Kennedy Centermentioned “On October 12, 1979, Baryshnikov danced the role of the Poet in Balanchine's ballet La Sonnambula with the City Ballet at the Kennedy Center.” source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Baryshnikov

Documented at the same place, the same year

Andreas PapandreouToronto · 1974Joyce Carol OatesCanada · 1974Sri ChinmoyCanada · 1974James BrownAmerica · 1974François HollandeAmerica · 1974Albert SabinAmerica · 1974

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