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We're trying to stretch our muscles creatively. It gives us so much more freedom.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Mikhail Baryshnikov
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 27
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Ballet Dancer
Ballet Master
Choreographer
Dancer
Film Actor
Performing Artist
Television Actor
Rīga
Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov
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Dance
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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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I would like to go and dance in Palestine one day, with great pleasure, great pleasure.
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