Framed dancer in Metro. Ballet superstar Mikhail Baryshnikov arrives at Pearson International Airport last night. He's to dance in the National Ballet(...)

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Framed dancer in Metro. Ballet superstar Mikhail Baryshnikov arrives at Pearson International Airport last night. He's to dance in the National Ballet(...)

Date2/17/1984

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Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- (subject)

Darrell, Dick (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Framed dancer in Metro. Ballet superstar Mikhail Baryshnikov arrives at Pearson International Airport last night. He's to dance in the National Ballet's gala at the O'Keefe Centre tonight, his first appearance locally since he defected from the Sovet Union during an O'Keefe engagement in 1974.

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