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Dances have a second and third life. You feel they are never ready. They always have a chance for another life.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Mikhail Baryshnikov
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 27
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Film Actor
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Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov
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