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He [Astaire] was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Mikhail Baryshnikov
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 27
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Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov
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I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.
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In the second part of life you get rid of stuff you've accumulated.
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My father was a Party member and he was a pretty high rank military officer under the colonel, junior colonel, I don't know the term. He was a total Stalinist. A bit with a streak of anti-Semitism and very shrewd man, a very kind of nervous man.
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Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun.
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I don't go to a gym, I don't do yoga. I don't do personal training.
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A country like Belgium, or socialist countries in central Europe spend more money on art education than the United States, which is a really puzzling thought.
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Perfection is a theory. You cannot be a perfect human being, perfect artist. You cannot be a perfect husband, you cannot be a perfect father probably and probably I am not. But go through your daily routine with hope you will be a little better in all respects, and do something meaningful
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Just sit and open your eyes and open your heart. It's dance theater.
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I don't try to dance better than anybody but myself.
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When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.
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You don't measure life by receiving awards.
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To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices.
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When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.
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You cannot dance physically certain things. But look at tango dancers or flamenco or Japanese classical theater. You can, if you're smart enough and you collaborate with the right choreographers, you could really dance your age.
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I was never like, collect, collect, like people who go to auctions. I never spent a serious amount of time because I don't have any time!
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Nobody is born a dancer.
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I am teaching more. That is what I do best.
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When I see people on the street, I look at how they walk. It's like a signature, a fingerprint.
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People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience.
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