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I found that dance, music, and literature is how I made sense of the world... it pushed me to think ...

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My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War.

I like to go to anybody else's birthday, and if I'm invited I'm a good guest. But I never celebrate ...

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Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun.

The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep.

I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal...

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Dances have a second and third life. You feel they are never ready. They always have a chance for an...

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I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself.

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Mikhail Baryshnikov

Choreographer

Born: 1948-01-27

Died: N/A

Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov (born January 27, 1948) is a Soviet-born Russian American dancer, choreographer, and actor, often cited alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev as one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century.More