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I am teaching more. That is what I do best.

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
Teaching
Best

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Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already.
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Running a company is pretty demanding.
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To walk across the street is a risk.
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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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