What company is baryshnikov in?

Question: What company is baryshnikov in!?
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he danced for new york city ballet and was the artistic director of american ballet theater!

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Baryshnikov's talent was obvious from his youth, but the Soviet system in which he grew up was ill-suited for developing it!. Shorter than most dancers, he could not tower over a ballerina en pointe and was therefore relegated to secondary parts!. More frustrating to him, the Soviet dance world hewed closely to 19th-century traditions and deliberately shunned the creative choreographers of the West, whose work Baryshnikov glimpsed in occasional tours and films!. His main goal in leaving the Soviet Union was to work with these innovators; in the first two years after his defection, he danced for no fewer than 13 different choreographers, including Jerome Robbins, Glen Tetley, Alvin Ailey, and Twyla Tharp!. "It doesn't matter if every ballet is a success or not," he told New York Times dance critic Anna Kisselgoff in 1976, "The new experience gives me a lot!." He cited his fascination with the ways Ailey mixed classical and modern technique and his initial discomfort when Tharp insisted he incorporate eccentric personal gestures in the dance!.

In 1978, he abandoned his freelance career to spend 18 months as a principal of the New York City Ballet, run by the legendary George Balanchine!. "Mr!. B," as he was known, rarely welcomed guest artists and had refused to work with both Nureyev and Makarova; Baryshnikov's decision to devote his full attentions to the New York company stunned the dance world!. Balanchine never created a new work for Baryshnikov, though he did coach the young dancer in his distinctive style, and Baryshnikov triumphed in such signature roles as Apollo, Prodigal Son, and Rubies!. Robbins did, however, create Opus 19: The Dreamer for Baryshnikov and NYCB favorite Patricia McBride [3][4] In 1980, he became Artistic Director of American Ballet Theatre and his role changed from performer to director!.

Nevertheless, his fascination with the new has stood him in good stead!. While his technique has lost its flash, his mastery of gesture and stagecraft remains compelling!. As he observed, "It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg!. The technique is about transparency, simplicity and making an earnest attempt!.”[5] The White Oak Project was formed to create original work for older dancers!. In a run ending just short of his 60th birthday in 2007, he appeared in a production of four short plays by Samuel Beckett staged by avant-garde director JoAnne Akalaitis!. Joining discipline and charisma, he has fashioned an exceptionally long career and cast a long shadow over the contemporary dance world!.

He has received three Honorary Degrees; on September 28, 2007 from Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University, on May 11, 2006, from New York University, and on May 23, 2008 from Montclair State University!.

For the duration of the 2006 Summer, he went on tour with Hell's Kitchen Dance, which was sponsored by the Baryshnikov Arts Center!. Featuring works by Baryshnikov Arts Center residents Azsure Barton and Benjamin Millipied, the company toured the United States and Spain!.

In late August 2007 Baryshnikov performed Mats Ek's Place (original Swedish title, St?lle) with Ana Laguna at Dansens Hus in Stockholm
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