audie83 (July 16, 2008 at 1:10 am)

Thank you for sharing this!! I first saw him as a child in the "Nutcracker" with Gelsey Kirkland at Christmas on television. And I of course went to see his film "White Nights". I envy his leaps. Breathtaking. He floats them with ease.

01LunaMoonDragon (July 9, 2008 at 5:07 pm)

The heights he could leap to, and then seem to hang in the air and float back down! WOW! He never disappoints me.

merluzasfritas (June 3, 2008 at 8:00 pm)

like you, coz you barke, you don´t talk PERRRRRRRROOOOOOOO, K eres un puto cani

Wanderwd (May 31, 2008 at 4:39 am)

THE MASTER OF DANCE!!! I adore his exquisite energetic style......watching him dance takes my breath away! Is it that Russian passion that makes dancers the world's best? Yes.

mbcestmoi (May 5, 2008 at 3:16 am)

The name of the ballet is "Le Spectre de la Rose." It was first performed in 1911; the choreographer is Michel Fokine and the music is composed by Carl von Weber. Although many of the great dancers of the 20th century have performed "Le Spectre" (Nureyev, Baryshnikov, etc.), this very short ballet was made famous by the man who first performed the role, Vaslav Nijinsky. Nijinsky is a fascinating character; after becoming the greatest dancer in the world, mental illness cut his career short.

tfoxinana98 (May 4, 2008 at 10:34 pm)

i know this might seem dumb, but which ballet is it from and who composed?

anniemihn (May 3, 2008 at 1:41 am)

There are few things left in the world that could be compared to the pleasure of watching Misha dance. Even when he is not in his best role, as we feel it´s the case here, still he is the master, the genius, the poetry we have lost in the last shameleslly greedy, cinic and unhappy years. I will miss him forever.

WatzlawNijinsky (April 28, 2008 at 8:54 pm)

Sorry but I think you two BOTH are right, both ways of thinking are fair enough. What's more important, big great jumps and tecnique or feeling ballet? I think both.

merluzasfritas (April 28, 2008 at 7:35 pm)

Preciousbash, you are really annoying me.You really seem unable to respect dancers, you tell me I am inspired by mediocrity? Who are you?Nijinski????Eh??WHO? anyway I don´t care.Misha is my favourite dancer FYI, so see how inspired by mediocrity I am... just like you

preciousbash (April 24, 2008 at 12:25 am)

No, he is the best. If you are in NY he still perfroms some times and is still a wonderful dancer at 60! BRVA MISHA. Check out the calender for his dance center located on 37th!