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Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Mikhail Baryshnikov
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 27
Actor
Ballet Dancer
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Film Actor
Performing Artist
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Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov
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