American Ballet Theatre dancers

Mikhail Baryshnikov is a Russian-American ballet dancer who choreographed several iconic pieces which have made him one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century.

In December 2000, Baryshnikov was recognized, along with other cultural luminaries, for a lifetime of extraordinary achievement at the Kennedy Center Honor Awards.

BELGRADE - The 14th Belgrade Dance Festival will open at Sava Centar on Friday evening with a performance by Vancouver-based Ballet BC that will feature choreographies by Canada's Crystal Pite and Israel's Sharon Eyal.

The festival will be officially opened by ballet star Giuseppe Picone, who is also art director at the San Carlo Theatre in Naples.

BELGRADE - The International Dance Day was marked in Belgrade with the Don Quixote ballet produced by the National Theatre of Serbia.

Prima-ballerina of the National Ballet from Amsterdam, Anna Tsygankova, and a principal dancer of the Royal Ballet in London, Matthew Golding, premiered in front of the Belgrade audience in the Sava Centre on Wednesday evening.

BELGRADE - The 12th Belgrade Dance Festival (BDF), to be held from March 23 to April 9 in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Vrsac and Pancevo, will be heralded by the 'Days of Dance' event at the Yugoslav Film Archive, from January 28 to February 1.