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People dance at any age.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Mikhail Baryshnikov
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 27
Actor
Ballet Dancer
Ballet Master
Choreographer
Dancer
Film Actor
Performing Artist
Television Actor
Rīga
Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov
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The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep.
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Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.
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It's weird when you see pieces of choreography that were done for you 15 or 20 years ago and now they are being done by another dance company.
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Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company.
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I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography.
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The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.
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What do dancers think of Fred Astaire? It's no secret. We hate him. He gives us a complex because he's too perfect. His perfection is an absurdity. It's too hard to face.
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To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices.
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What people will do to get away from boredom!
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Nobody else in the world has a form like the Native American musical, and Americans should be very proud.
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I don't try to dance better than anybody but myself.
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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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When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.
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Dance is an ephemeral, a fleeting art. To describe this momentum, every movement on stage, in words is virtually impossible.
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I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying.
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He [Astaire] was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him.
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To walk across the street is a risk.
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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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I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people.
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You don't measure life by receiving awards.
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