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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
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Teaching

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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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Just sit and open your eyes and open your heart. It's dance theater.
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Although I don't gamble in life - I've never played poker - I do gamble on stage. I gamble with myself: 'Can I do this?'
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People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience.
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I don't try to dance better than anybody but myself.
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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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