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A Note from Misha
This year at Baryshnikov Arts has been a lovely celebration of our 20th anniversary. What started as a cautious dream is now a modest success story and I am so grateful for all of you who have made it possible. While it’s fun to look back at past achievements, we are focused now, more than ever, on the future. Our…
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A Letter from Jamie Burns
It was my absolute joy and honor to join Baryshnikov Arts earlier this year as its new Director. Together with BA’s talented staff and dedicated board, we are working to uphold and advance Mikhail Baryshnikov’s creative vision—championing artists as they imagine, experiment, and share work that inspires and moves us. This 20th Anniversary Season has already been extraordinary. And, like…
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A Letter from Zoë Winters
I had the immense pleasure of performing at Baryshnikov Arts this past year in SISSY. It was a modern adaptation of Sisyphus that incorporated dance, acting, music, and a real baby. When creator Celia Rowlson-Hall asked me to join the project and company of dancers and actors, I was exhilarated and intimidated. Most of my work in the theatre has…
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A Letter from Former Residency Artists
Baryshnikov Arts is a rare organization that unwaveringly champions artists’ experimentation, innovation, and expression for seeing the world as though it could be otherwise.
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A Letter from Lucas Hedges
I loved working at Baryshnikov Arts. Maybe it’s because I’m an actor and am rarely offered opportunities to dance, but there was something else magical about going to work there. On my second day of rehearsal, when I was learning Irish step dance for the first time, I saw a man peering into my rehearsal room with cute circular spectacles.…
