MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV

The Queen Consort Camilla bestowed dancer and "Sex and the City" actor Mikhail Baryshnikov with the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award at Buckingham Palace.

The dancer-actor who has been largely non-political since his 1974 defection from the Soviet Union says he can no longer stay silent, as he stars in an adaptation of Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard," whose themes of loss and freedom echo with Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Preview: In a "CBS Sunday Morning" interview to air June 19, the acclaimed ballet dancer, who has remained largely non-political since his 1974 defection from the Soviet Union, says he can no longer stay silent on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Dance ABT Leader FILE - Dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, right, performs with Susan Jaffe during a gala performance in honor of the great Soviet ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, at the Wang Center in Boston on March 28, 1988. American Ballet Theatre has named Jaffe its new artistic director (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File) (Elise Amendola)NEW YORK — (AP) — American Ballet Theatre has named its first new artistic director in 30 years, and she's a former top ballerina at the company. Susan Jaffe, who was a celebrated principal dancer at ABT for more than two decades, takes over from Kevin McKenzie in December. “What a profound honor it is for me to come back home to lead the artistic helm of American Ballet Theatre,” Jaffe, 59, said in a statement. Jaffe also served for eight years as dean of dance at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Joni Mitchell has received honorary membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the century old institution where general inductees have ranged from Henry James and Georgia O’Keeffe to Sonny Rollins and Jasper Johns.

Some U.S.-based institutions have publicly denounced Russia's invasion of Ukraine to show they don't represent the Russian government.

They both carved out sterling reputations as military and political leaders over years of public service.

Carla Fracci, an Italian cultural icon and former La Scala prima ballerina renowned for romantic roles alongside such greats as Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov, died Thursday at her home in Milan.

NEW YORK – The new PBS documentary on dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp is called “Twyla Moves.” In retrospect, that sounds a bit weak. AdGiven all that, it would seem obvious that something like a global pandemic wouldn't force Tharp off course, or keep her on the sofa binge-watching Netflix. Tharp explains it simply: "Part of the adventure for me has always been a physical challenge." In one old clip, TV host Dick Cavett asks Tharp what she does to relax after a long period of work. Tharp didn’t want the film, directed by Steven Cantor and part of the American Masters series, to feel like a biography.

(AP Photo)NEW YORK – One of the country's oldest cultural instititutions, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, is undergoing some of its biggest changes in more than a century. AdHarjo, the first Native American to be appointed U.S. poet laureate, said she looked forward to having an influence on future academy choices. “There are so many incredible Native visual artists,” she told the AP, while also citing such authors as N. Scott Momaday and Leslie Marmon Silko. But the academy will still call itself an academy, while working to make itself more accessible to artists and to the general public. Besides choosing members, the academy also gives dozens of prizes and grants each year, totalling more than $1 million.