Sadly, I do not know the photographer you have mentioned. I have posted a link to Mikhail's site after reading the post by SanderO, saying "I am wondering if anyone has seen an exhibit of art quality photographs where the subject matter was ballet but the work was not done for documentation or marketing but simply as the subject for the photographs?"
This was precisely what Mikhail was up to. Aside from taking great, uhm, "documentary" shots of both classical ballet and modern dance (his duty as a theatre photographer), he also took numerous art photographs of dancers. He was greatly interested in capturing and interpreting movement and despite the comfort and ease of digital photography, nearly all of his artistic photos (as well as some of the 'documentary' ones) were taken on film and hand-printed afterwards.
Speaking of the ballet in the Baltic States - I would say the Lithuanian company has the greatest potential. The listing of principals can be found here http://www.opera.lt/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabID=461
Egle Spokaite is perhaps best known to international audiences, however, her appearances are becoming a rare treat, either due to health issues or because of some other reasons. It's sad, because she was and still is an extraordinary dancer and artist. There are other strong dancers, but I believe their time is yet to come.
Recently, a book was published titled "A Concise History of Lithuanian Ballet". It is really well written and abounds with photographs, many of them taken by Mikhail Rashkovskiy. I believe it is possible to order the book, should anyone be interested. http://www.humanitas.lt/EN/EN/Baltic-books...thuanian-Ballet
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