As far as Baryshnikov and Makarova were concerned, how did you learn about them?
The first time I heard of Baryshnikov was when I was probably 13 or 14 years old. Our teacher showed us his photograph and said that this person defected and he is an enemy of the people, but he was also a great dancer. We were not allowed to talk about him. Later when I joined the company, people would talk now and then about Baryshnikov or Makarova and would actually measure performances against them. They would say, “Well Baryshnikov did it this way, Nureyev did it this way, Makarova did it this way.” But absolutely we would not be allowed to pronounce their names in public or in meetings. So you graduated from the Vaganova School and then joined the company? Yes, I joined the company in 1983 when I was 18 or 19. I was there for seven years, until I was 26. I had never been officially promoted to soloist, but I danced lots of solo parts. In my seven years there, I was taken on a foreign tour just the last year. I was kind of on the blacklist while I was with the company. What happen
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