Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes

Growing up, I was a dancer. I wanted to be a choreographer.

I can move, but I've never background-danced for anybody.

I was a dancer, so it was easy for me to dance in films. I had studied Kathak, Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, Odisi and Kathakali much before I even thought of becoming an actor.

I had danced with Janet Jackson and P. Diddy so I had done a bunch of hip hop. Really and truly my roots are in modern and ballet but, professionally, that's not really out there any more, unfortunately, so these artists aren't really having a lot of ballet dancers behind them so I had to learn hip hop really quick.

Well, I took ballet for many, many years, so my whole childhood really revolved around dance class. I grew up around dance; my mother was a dancer.

I really wanted to be a dancer, actually. Michael Jackson inspired me a lot.

I'm happy to dance with anyone, to be honest. I've had some great partners, who have all been talented. But not all of them at dancing.

No, but way before that, I've been doing little dances in movies for years. Yeah, that was an amazing chance. You know, at my age to be able to do a music dance video, very unusual.

I did ballet, tap, jazz, modern, I taught dance here in my hometown of St. Louis.

As a kid, my main interest was dancing. When I was 8 years old, I was in a hip-hop troupe.

I am learning how to dance hip-hop. I'm a good dancer when I dance salsa.

I am dumb when it comes to learning dance steps.

I trained in every form of dance - started as a tap dancer when I was a kid, then contemporary, ballet, ballroom, everything. Russian, Swedish.

I can dance. I like hip hop and stuff and jazz movements, but I'm horrible in ballet. I tried.

I have worked with several dance companies.

I started taking ballet lessons when I was three and a half and I still take dance classes.

I was very personable and outgoing and was friends with most everybody in my class but I was a diehard dancer so I was constantly at dance classes and working toward my passion of dance.

I was a professional dancer before I was an actor.

I can't remember how many years it's been since I last saw a David Parsons program or what I saw whenever it was, but that isn't surprising, since I can't really remember the first half of a David Parsons program while I'm watching the second half.

All I do is watch dance videos. I love Ricky Ubeda, who is a contemporary dancer, and I also love Madison Cubbage. They inspire me to work harder every day.

I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.

I was a kid watching music videos, which were so cool and made me want to learn how to dance. I wish I could've gone to dance classes and learn, like, hip-hop dancing.

Obviously I always wanted to do a contemporary piece.

I do after-school ballet and also hip-hop and jazz.

My first professional relationship, I danced with the Parsons Dance Company, and David Parsons, my former boss, allowed me to choreograph on the company.