I never liked dance photography; it's very flat, and dance photography in the studio looks very contrived.
Mikhail BaryshnikovDance is an ephemeral, a fleeting art. To describe this momentum, every movement on stage, in words is virtually impossible.
Mikhail BaryshnikovI think I got disappointed over the years about New York, about the States. You know, sometimes you go and visit Europe and see good old socialism in its good part! You see public concern about art, and young people's participation and young faces in the audience.
Mikhail BaryshnikovI think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.
Mikhail Baryshnikov