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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 4

> [I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/i-think-art-education-especially-in-this-country-which-government/)

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

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c0/mikhail-baryshnikov-3526_art_i-think-art-education-especially-in-this_1323882.png)

> [You can be totally involved, you could admire just the shape of or you could be totally emotionally mushed up into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/you-can-be-totally-involved-you-could-admire-just-the-shape-of-or-you/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/088/mikhail-baryshnikov-3526_admire_you-can-be-totally-involved-you-could-ad_1116710.png)

> [In any art form, in Hollywood or in music, there is a handful of people who really, you know, move the envelope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/in-any-art-form-in-hollywood-or-in-music-there-is-a-handful-of-people/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acb/mikhail-baryshnikov-3526_any_in-any-art-form-in-hollywood-or-in-music_2786544.png)

> [Be. Good. To yourself, to other people, to everything you do. It's a norm of life by which people should try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/be-good-to-yourself-to-other-people-to-everything-you-do-it-s-a-norm/)

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

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8f/mikhail-baryshnikov-3526_ballet_be-good-to-yourself-to-other-people-to-e_1845808.png)

> [What brought me to the theater, no matter you're a Jew or a Russian or Armenian or Latvian, are suddenly illuminated by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/what-brought-me-to-the-theater-no-matter-you-re-a-jew-or-a-russian-or/)

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

[Actor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/mikhail-baryshnikov-3526_actor_what-brought-me-to-the-theater-no-matter_1774114.jpg)

> [Film, theater and television always kind of scared me. I don't ever seriously think of myself as an actor at all, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/film-theater-and-television-always-kind-of-scared-me-i-don-t-ever/)

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

[Actor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/actor/)

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> [My life has been immensely enriched by gay mentors, colleagues and friends, and any discrimination and persecution of gay people is unacceptable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/my-life-has-been-immensely-enriched-by-gay-mentors-colleagues-and/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d3/mikhail-baryshnikov-3526_any_my-life-has-been-immensely-enriched-by-g_2672763.png)

> [No matter what I try to do or explore, my Kirov training, my expertise, and my background call me to return to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mikhail-baryshnikov/no-matter-what-i-try-to-do-or-explore-my-kirov-training-my-expertise/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b7/mikhail-baryshnikov-3526_after_no-matter-what-i-try-to-do-or-explore-my_2697676.png)

## Mikhail Baryshnikov by topic

[Dance (49)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dance/mikhail-baryshnikov/) [People (25)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/mikhail-baryshnikov/) [Life (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/mikhail-baryshnikov/) [Art (15)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/mikhail-baryshnikov/) [Dancer (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dancer/mikhail-baryshnikov/) [Theatre (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theatre/mikhail-baryshnikov/)

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