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# Mikhail Baryshnikov

(1948)   Actor   Soviet Union

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Mikhail Baryshnikov is an actor from the Soviet Union, best known for *Reinventing dance in the 1960s*.

## Quick Facts About Mikhail Baryshnikov

Born January 27, 1948

Nationality Soviet Union

Profession Actor

Notable works Reinventing dance in the 1960s

Spouse Lisa Rinehart

## About Mikhail Baryshnikov

Mikhail Baryshnikov is a Latvian‑American dancer, choreographer and actor. He became the most prominent male classical ballet dancer of the 1970s and 1980s, dazzling audiences worldwide with his technique and stage presence. After his performing career he turned to directing, working as a dance director and shaping productions for ballet companies and modern dance groups.

## Awards & Honors

Merited Artist of the RSFSR Emmy Award Praemium Imperiale Order of the Three Stars Kennedy Center Honors National Medal of Arts Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award Theatre World Special Award

Show 3 more awards Vilcek Prize Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Great Immigrants Award

##  Quotes by Mikhail Baryshnikov · Page 3

> [We're trying to stretch our muscles creatively. It gives us so much more freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/we-re-trying-to-stretch-our-muscles-creatively-it-gives-us-so-much/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dance/)

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> [I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-want-to-do-exactly-what-i-want-to-do-i-d-rather-gamble-on-the-box/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

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> [Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/your-body-actually-reminds-you-about-your-age-and-your-injuries-the/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/)

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> [Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/dancers-are-stripped-enough-onstage-you-don-t-have-to-know-more-about/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dance/)

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> [I want to see people dance, and I would like to guess what kind of people they are. I don't want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-want-to-see-people-dance-and-i-would-like-to-guess-what-kind-of/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dance/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/215/mikhail-baryshnikov-3526_dance_i-want-to-see-people-dance-and-i-would-l_1395615.png)

> [“I hated life in the Soviet Union. You had to pretend something you didn't feel.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-hated-life-in-the-soviet-union-you-had-to-pretend-something-you/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

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> [Dances have a second and third life. You feel they are never ready. They always have a chance for another life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/dances-have-a-second-and-third-life-you-feel-they-are-never-ready/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

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> [I really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is the best. This is the second best. There is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-really-reject-that-kind-of-comparison-that-says-oh-he-is-the-best/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Comparison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comparison/)

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> [You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to take everyday…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/you-see-dancers-are-quite-mature-people-because-they-start-performing/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Class](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/)

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> [I remember vividly seeing 'Tarzan' and Fred Astaire, the Chaplin films, Fred Astaire musicals, MGM, because of my mother. She was just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-remember-vividly-seeing-tarzan-and-fred-astaire-the-chaplin-films/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/a-country-like-belgium-or-socialist-countries-in-central-europe-spend/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [In opera tradition, when opera die-hard fans, there is a replacement of singer or singer wasn't at his or hers vocal best,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/in-opera-tradition-when-opera-die-hard-fans-there-is-a-replacement-of/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

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> [There comes a moment in a young artist's life when he knows he has to bring something to the stage from within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/there-comes-a-moment-in-a-young-artist-s-life-when-he-knows-he-has-to/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

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> [I fell in love with New York. It was like every human being, like any relationship. When I was a young New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-fell-in-love-with-new-york-it-was-like-every-human-being-like-any-2/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

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> [My father was a Party member and he was a pretty high rank military officer under the colonel, junior colonel, I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/my-father-was-a-party-member-and-he-was-a-pretty-high-rank-military/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Anti semitism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anti-semitism/)

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> [You invest into the future, and that's how young people become human in best sense of it - through the great experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/you-invest-into-the-future-and-that-s-how-young-people-become-human/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Ballet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ballet/)

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> [Choreographers use me as the old guy who still dances. Not that I put on white tights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/choreographers-use-me-as-the-old-guy-who-still-dances-not-that-i-put/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Choreographers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choreographers/)

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> [I never liked dance photography; it's very flat, and dance photography in the studio looks very contrived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-never-liked-dance-photography-it-s-very-flat-and-dance-photography/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dance/)

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> [Astaire was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/astaire-was-not-a-sexual-animal-but-he-made-his-partners-look-so/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/)

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> [When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/when-a-body-moves-it-s-the-most-revealing-thing-dance-for-me-a-minute/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/)

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> [I was never like, "collect, collect," like people who go to auctions. I never spent a serious amount of time because I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-was-never-like-collect-collect-like-people-who-go-to-auctions-i/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

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> [When I see people on the street, I look at how they walk. It's like a signature, a fingerprint.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/when-i-see-people-on-the-street-i-look-at-how-they-walk-it-s-like-a/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Fingerprint](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fingerprint/)

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> [No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/no-dancer-can-watch-fred-astaire-and-not-know-that-we-all-should-have/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

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> [He is a male butterfly without the wings - the same kind of grace of a very young horse, so angular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/he-is-a-male-butterfly-without-the-wings-the-same-kind-of-grace-of-a/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Butterfly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/butterfly/)

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> [I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-go-a-lot-to-see-young-people-downtown-in-little-theaters-it-s-great/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

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> [I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-get-speeding-ticket-like-everybody-else-if-the-restaurant-is-full-i/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

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> [Now there is in a way a renaissance of modern dance - suddenly, it is more respected and discovered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/now-there-is-in-a-way-a-renaissance-of-modern-dance-suddenly-it-is/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dance/)

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> [I like to go to anybody else's birthday, and if I'm invited I'm a good guest. But I never celebrate my birthdays.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-like-to-go-to-anybody-else-s-birthday-and-if-i-m-invited-i-m-a-good/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Birthday](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/birthday/)

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> [When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/when-i-m-alone-i-work-sometimes-with-music-sometimes-without-and/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Alone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alone/)

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> [Dance is an ephemeral, a fleeting art. To describe this momentum, every movement on stage, in words is virtually impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/dance-is-an-ephemeral-a-fleeting-art-to-describe-this-momentum-every/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/nothing-is-ever-too-expensive-if-it-furthers-the-repertoire-and/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Artistic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artistic/)

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> [I miss horribly those couple of hours before the performance when you get into the theater and you see people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-miss-horribly-those-couple-of-hours-before-the-performance-when-you/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

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> [I don't drink milk, and I don't eat bread, pasta or rice. But I eat a lot of meat, chicken, fish and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-don-t-drink-milk-and-i-don-t-eat-bread-pasta-or-rice-but-i-eat-a/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Bread](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bread/)

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> [I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-kind-of-lost-interest-in-the-classical-dance-i-was-very-much/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Choreography](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choreography/)

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> [I would like to go and dance in Palestine one day, with great pleasure, great pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-would-like-to-go-and-dance-in-palestine-one-day-with-great-pleasure/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dance/)

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> [I gave away a lot of works for benefits and then people would also give me back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-gave-away-a-lot-of-works-for-benefits-and-then-people-would-also/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

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> [I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-have-been-very-lucky-to-work-in-so-many-new-ballets-but-that-is/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dance/)

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> [I know when I am on stage and I'm kind of on the right track - hopefully most of the time. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-know-when-i-am-on-stage-and-i-m-kind-of-on-the-right-track/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

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> [You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/you-cannot-be-happy-with-your-family-while-being-personally-unhappy/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

[Family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/family/)

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> [I spend at least a couple hours a day in the studio, every day, whether I'm dancing or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-spend-at-least-a-couple-hours-a-day-in-the-studio-every-day-whether/)

[Mikhail Baryshnikov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

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## Mikhail Baryshnikov by topic

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