I fell in love with New York. It was like every human being, like any relationship. When I was a young New Yorker, it was one city. When I was a grown man, it was another city. I worked with many dance organizations and many wonderful people. Mikhail Baryshnikov citydancefall share on social
My life has been immensely enriched by gay mentors, colleagues and friends, and any discrimination and persecution of gay people is unacceptable. Mikhail Baryshnikov colleaguediscriminationenrich Change image and share on social
I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying. Mikhail Baryshnikov dealextremelygame Change image and share on social
Soviet regime in a way deprived me from my childhood in my homeland, because my father was in military, and after the Yalta agreement he was sent to teach in military academy in Riga, and I was born then. Mikhail Baryshnikov academyagreementbear share on social
Choreographers use me as the old guy who still dances. Not that I put on white tights. Mikhail Baryshnikov choreographerdanceguy Change image and share on social
No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business. Mikhail Baryshnikov astairebusinessdancer Change image and share on social
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. Mikhail Baryshnikov academyadmiralapartment share on social
I spend at least a couple hours a day in the studio, every day, whether I'm dancing or not. Mikhail Baryshnikov coupledanceday Change image and share on social