To: CondoleezzaProtege
Mikhail Baryshnikov defected from the Soviet Union on June 29, 1974. He was performing in Toronto at the time. He starred in the 1985 movie "White Nights" with Gregory Hines. He was romantically involved for a while with Jessica Lange.
Alexander Godunov defected from the Bolshoi Ballet in 1982, and was romantically involved with Jacqueline Bisset. He passed at the age of 45 in 1995.
4 posted on
12/17/2025 6:52:15 PM PST by
mass55th
(“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
To: mass55th
Mikhail Baryshnikov defected... Alexander Godunov defected...
These were the types of people for whom our asylum laws were written. Not 300 million squatemalans fleeing gang violence.
5 posted on
12/17/2025 7:02:02 PM PST by
Drew68
(Concern posting since 2001.)
To: mass55th
Baryshnikov’s Nutcracker was just amazing. Enthralling, though I was just a kid who understood nothing about ballet.
13 posted on
12/17/2025 7:40:20 PM PST by
AAABEST
(That time Washington DC became a corrupted, existential threat to us all...)
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