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.
The more injuries you get, the smarter you get. - Mikhail Baryshnikov
The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.
- Mikhail Baryshnikov
It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity, making an earnest attempt. - Mikhail Baryshnikov
It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity, making an earnest attempt.
There comes a moment in a young artist's life when he knows he has to bring something to the stage from within himself. He has to put in something in… - Mikhail Baryshnikov
There comes a moment in a young artist's life when he knows he has to bring something to the stage from within himself. He has to put in something in…
I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself. - Mikhail Baryshnikov
I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.
When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are. - Mikhail Baryshnikov
When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.
Be. Good. To yourself, to other people, to everything you do. It's a norm of life by which people should try to live. Don't waste time. Be interestin… - Mikhail Baryshnikov
Be. Good. To yourself, to other people, to everything you do. It's a norm of life by which people should try to live. Don't waste time. Be interestin…
I found that dance, music, and literature is how I made sense of the world... it pushed me to think of things bigger than lifes daily routines... to … - Mikhail Baryshnikov
I found that dance, music, and literature is how I made sense of the world... it pushed me to think of things bigger than lifes daily routines... to …
No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything. - Mikhail Baryshnikov
No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything.
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… - Mikhail Baryshnikov
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…
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