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Small: To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, youre thinking about what yo
"To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what you're doing in life-in my case, dancing"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business
"No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made
Ted Shawn
"Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made"
Ted Shawn, Dancer
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Small: I wanted to see if the American man in plain brown pants and a bare torso could speak profound things
Ted Shawn
"I wanted to see if the American man in plain brown pants and a bare torso could speak profound things"
Ted Shawn, Dancer
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Small: The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an
"The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an everyday basis"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancers work is
"I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full Im waiting in line like everybody else
"I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: Working is living to me
"Working is living to me"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: To walk across the street is a risk
"To walk across the street is a risk"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: People of art should never get married and have children, because its a selfish experience
"People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: Its weird when you see pieces of choreography that were done for you 15 or 20 years ago and now they are being
"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"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I dont hang out usually in the big Russian communit
"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"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself
"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: Dancing is my obsession. My life
"Dancing is my obsession. My life"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for y
"I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. Its great. If you start somebodys career, its so e
"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"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compr
"I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with your artistic plans"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise,
"Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: Its whats left in life, to work with interesting people
"It's what's left in life, to work with interesting people"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you
"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, Dancer
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Small: I want to do exactly what I want to do. Id rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant
"I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography
"I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: I am not the first straight dancer or the last
"I am not the first straight dancer or the last"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: I really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is the best. This is the second best. There is no su
"I really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is the best. This is the second best. There is no such thing"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people
"I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You dont have to know more about them than theyve given you already
"Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: Astaire was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him
"Astaire was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him"
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Dancer
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Small: People know that theyre going to see something which is entertaining but challenging as well because of the fo
Matthew Bourne
"People know that they're going to see something which is entertaining but challenging as well because of the form it's in. It's dance theatre and it requires you to use your imagination - it's not straight forward"
Matthew Bourne, Dancer
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Small: Im very conscious that I want the dance audience to respond and respect what Im doing, so Im always very true
Matthew Bourne
"I'm very conscious that I want the dance audience to respond and respect what I'm doing, so I'm always very true to the music and I honour the music in the way I see it - I don't mess around with the music"
Matthew Bourne, Dancer
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Small: I saw the Nutcracker to be a dummy as I thought of its mouth moving like a nutcracker - and also find them pre
Matthew Bourne
"I saw the Nutcracker to be a dummy as I thought of its mouth moving like a nutcracker - and also find them pretty scary as they almost have a life of their own"
Matthew Bourne, Dancer
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