“This is the cradle of ballet and cinema,” the guide tells me as we kick the heart of Riga’s Old Helmet declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It is hard to guess the origin of his enthusiasm by knowing his preferences for these two artistic manifestations. “Here were born Maris Liepa and Mikhail Baryshnikov, two of the greatest stars of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Also Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (His Majesty Eisenstein for cinema love…
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“This is the cradle of ballet and cinema,” the guide tells me as we kick the heart of Riga’s Old Helmet declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. It is hard to guess the origin of his enthusiasm by knowing his preferences for these two artistic manifestations. “Here were born Maris Liepa and Mikhail Baryshnikov, two of the greatest stars of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Also Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (His Majesty Eisenstein for cinema love…