Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes

Now There Is In A Way A Renaissance Of Modern Dance - Suddenly, It Is More Respected And Discovered.

We Lived, Until I Was 12 Or So, In Communal Apartment With Five Different Families And The Same Kitchen, In Two Little - My Brother And Me And My Parents. It Was Hell, But It Was A Common Thing. My Father Was Not General Or Admiral, But He Was Colonel. He Was Teaching In Military Academy Military Topography.

Nothing Is Ever Too Expensive If It Furthers The Repertoire And Artistic Standards Of A Dance Company.

My Father Was A Party Member And He Was A Pretty High Rank Military Officer Under The Colonel, Junior Colonel, I Don't Know The Term. He Was A Total Stalinist. A Bit With A Streak Of Anti-semitism And Very Shrewd Man, A Very Kind Of Nervous Man.

I Gave Away A Lot Of Works For Benefits And Then People Would Also Give Me Back.

I Have Been Very Lucky To Work In So Many New Ballets, But That Is What A Dancer's Work Is.

I Feel Very Uneasy With A Lot Of Aspects Of The Russian Life And The Russian People.

Acting Is Not My Language At All.

It's Weird When You See Pieces Of Choreography That Were Done For You 15 Or 20 Years Ago And Now They Are Being Done By Another Dance Company.

I - You Know, I'm Not An Actor.

In '74 It Was Really A Very Gloomy Atmosphere, I Would Say, To Put It Mildly.

I Have Some Russian Friends. But Probably Only 10 Percent. I Don't Hang Out Usually In The Big Russian Communities In Brooklyn And New Jersey.