Aleksandra Lange "Shura" Baryshnikov (born March 5, 1981) is an
American dancer, choreographer, dance educator, and actress.Aleksandra
Lange Baryshnikov is the daughter of ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov
and actress Jessica Lange. She has five half-siblings; three on her
father's side, including actress Anna Baryshnikov, and two on her
mother's side. Baryshnikov trained in classical ballet as a child, and
grew up accompanying her mother to different filming locations. In
high school Baryshnikov ran track, rode horses, and played field
hockey. She went on to attend Marlboro College in Vermont, where she
majored in American studies and also studied theatre and contemporary
dance. While at Marlboro she was a member of the student a cappella
group Five-O'Clock Bells.Baryshnikov is the head of Movement at the
Brown University / Trinity Repertory Company MFA Program in Acting and
Directing as well as a teaching associate in the Department of Theatre
Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University, teaching contact
improvisation, movement, and dance. She has worked as a choreographer
and movement consultant for Trinity Repertory Company, The Wilbury
Theatre Group, and Elemental Theatre Collective. As a freelance
dancer, she has performed in works by Heidi Henderson, Ali
Kenner-Brodsky and Betsy Miller. She has also danced with Aerplaye
Dance, American Dance Legacy Initiative, Festival Ballet Providence,
Bridge Rep of Boston, Elemental Theatre Collective and Lostwax
Multimedia Dance. She is on the faculty at Festival Ballet Providence
School and has taught movement at Earthdance in Plainfield,
Massachusetts, and at Salve Regina University, Connecticut College,
Dean College, Rhode Island College, and MIT. She is also a dance
teacher at the Moses Brown School. She trained in Viewpoints
improvisational techniques with the SITI Company under Anne Bogart.
She is a member of Actors' Equity Association. Baryshnikov is the
co-founder, along with Danielle Davidson, of the Doppelganger Dance
Collective.
American dancer, choreographer, dance educator, and actress.Aleksandra
Lange Baryshnikov is the daughter of ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov
and actress Jessica Lange. She has five half-siblings; three on her
father's side, including actress Anna Baryshnikov, and two on her
mother's side. Baryshnikov trained in classical ballet as a child, and
grew up accompanying her mother to different filming locations. In
high school Baryshnikov ran track, rode horses, and played field
hockey. She went on to attend Marlboro College in Vermont, where she
majored in American studies and also studied theatre and contemporary
dance. While at Marlboro she was a member of the student a cappella
group Five-O'Clock Bells.Baryshnikov is the head of Movement at the
Brown University / Trinity Repertory Company MFA Program in Acting and
Directing as well as a teaching associate in the Department of Theatre
Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University, teaching contact
improvisation, movement, and dance. She has worked as a choreographer
and movement consultant for Trinity Repertory Company, The Wilbury
Theatre Group, and Elemental Theatre Collective. As a freelance
dancer, she has performed in works by Heidi Henderson, Ali
Kenner-Brodsky and Betsy Miller. She has also danced with Aerplaye
Dance, American Dance Legacy Initiative, Festival Ballet Providence,
Bridge Rep of Boston, Elemental Theatre Collective and Lostwax
Multimedia Dance. She is on the faculty at Festival Ballet Providence
School and has taught movement at Earthdance in Plainfield,
Massachusetts, and at Salve Regina University, Connecticut College,
Dean College, Rhode Island College, and MIT. She is also a dance
teacher at the Moses Brown School. She trained in Viewpoints
improvisational techniques with the SITI Company under Anne Bogart.
She is a member of Actors' Equity Association. Baryshnikov is the
co-founder, along with Danielle Davidson, of the Doppelganger Dance
Collective.
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