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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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Small: But in reality we are accompanied by the whole dancing universe
Ruth St. Denis
"But in reality we are accompanied by the whole dancing universe"
Ruth St. Denis, Dancer
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Small: You cant stop what comes into a country, you can be influenced, but you cant stop it, you shouldnt, because it
"You can't stop what comes into a country, you can be influenced, but you can't stop it, you shouldn't, because it makes all the others interesting, we all get muddled up together, and produce something that belongs to everyone"
Ninette de Valois, Dancer
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Small: Somebody must always be doing something new, or life would get very dull
"Somebody must always be doing something new, or life would get very dull"
Ninette de Valois, Dancer
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Small: And then you have the classical ballerinas, theyre like sopranos. Applied to the dance
"And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance"
Ninette de Valois, Dancer
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Small: Sometimes you dont know what youve got until you put it in front of an audience - and the enthusiasm for the s
Matthew Bourne
"Sometimes you don't know what you've got until you put it in front of an audience - and the enthusiasm for the show from the audience has been just incredible"
Matthew Bourne, Dancer
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Small: When you are on stage, you dont see faces. The lights are in your eyes and you see just this black void out in
"When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes and you see just this black void out in front of you. And yet you know there is life out there, and you have to get your message across"
Suzanne Farrell, Dancer
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Small: There is pain and sacrifice in everyones world. Thats why, when I was dancing, I had no pain
"There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I had no pain"
Suzanne Farrell, Dancer
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Small: That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get on stage and m
"That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get on stage and make people happy, was more important than becoming famous, or even what I was dancing"
Suzanne Farrell, Dancer
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Small: In fact, ballet companies did not exist in the Midwest when I was a child
"In fact, ballet companies did not exist in the Midwest when I was a child"
Suzanne Farrell, Dancer
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Small: I used to love to play dress-up, where you get your mothers or your grandmothers dresses and high heels
"I used to love to play dress-up, where you get your mother's or your grandmother's dresses and high heels"
Suzanne Farrell, Dancer
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Small: I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes on in your life, or in the politics
"I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes on in your life, or in the politics of the world around you, it is wonderful to go into that studio, and tell yourself what to do"
Suzanne Farrell, Dancer
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Small: But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move around. Im always moving around
"But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move around. I'm always moving around"
Suzanne Farrell, Dancer
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