“With such an exceptional, international career, you’d think the sign in front of his arts center would have ‘Baryshnikov’ in lights, but actually you can barely see it. ‘Misha didn’t want this place to be called the Baryshnikov Arts Center,’ says Georgiana Pickett the center’s executive director. ‘He wanted it to be more global, and some wise people told him, “That’s not a good idea. Let’s put your name on it.”‘”