I watched a Gregory Hines special and Sammy Davis Jr. was in the audience. Davis got up and walked to the stage ... an old sick man, he became stronger with every step toward that stage. He did an impromptu performance, and Hines got down on his knees and kissed Davis' feet. When Davis walked back to his seat he became an old sick man again. Heartbreaking and yet his strength to perform was inspiring. Davis wrote an autobiography "Yes, I can" I highly recommend.
Was a seat filler at an awards show about 100 years ago (okay just 30). Sat next to him. (Oh, seat fillers are “civilians” drafted to make an event venue look full for camera. About 1/4 of the people you see at the Oscar’s are “civilians”. Why? The taping of an 🥇 show is incredibly long and boring. No one in their right mind WANTS to go, but it’s obligatory. Some actors are so unnerved by these events that they bring their Mommy instead of their underwear model/baby mama. It’s a little saddening, Galactica Actual. We should have compassion for their torment. If the Emmy’s, for example, existed during the crusades, the Iron Maiden would never have been invented.
It’s 2020 now and I’ve been a fan of both Mikhail and Gregory for decades but Im not sure how this ended up on my suggested list. However, here we are and I’m appreciating this scene once again.
Baryshnikov flexibility was out of this world 🌎 RIP the great Gregory Hines, we still miss you. Awesome movie loved seeing them both together being great in their respective professions and talents. Loved this movie
The director makes an amusing statement in the audio commentry on the DVD. He says that actors get bored when sequences take a long time to film, causing them to lose consentration. Dancers, on the other hand, because of their repetitive training system, are used to doing the same thing over and over again until they get it right! He also said there's a truism, that choreographers are sadists, and dancers a masochists!!
Trained dancer? Barishnikoff was a star ballet dancer in the former USSR before defecting to the USA . He performed on the best stages all over the world . Trained dancer?.!
I don't know how this ended up on my suggested list, but so glad it came up - I remember *loving* this movie as a kid!!! This was the movie that began my Mikhail (Misha) crush! It was on some channel, and I taped it - ohmygosh anybody here remember VHS and VCRs???? - Anyway once I had it on tape I watched it on REPEAT like God knows how many times. I actually probably still have that VHS somewhere...Oh man, good times the 80's =]
My Dad fought Gregory Hines in a High School Martial Arts tournament. Unfortunately, Gregory BEAT my Dad. So those kicks shows how talented all around Gregory Hines was.
There are three layers present in this movie that show the difference in cultures. 1: Russia vs USA 2: Black vs White (Although it's not a massive barrier between the Raymond and Rodchenko characters, they manipulate Colonel Chaiko's racism to getting Darya back), but it also shows the division in American culture. 3: Ballet vs Tap (For Ballet, people dress up in ballgowns and tuedos, but "The rich don't patronise tap" (quote from the movie), so people watch it in their normal clothes.
Yes Russia all disciplined and formal (while exquisite, ballet) vs America’s individualism expressed through more of that wild no rules self Expression (tap)
me three - only two posters were ever on my wall back in the day : Van Goghs sunflowers which came down for a haunting beautiful black and white photo of Mikhail B in full flight 💕💕💕 oh yah I’m sixty 😉
Baryshnikov in his formidable prime, and Gregory Hines just steps up and effortlessly blows him away. Incredible. (Also lots of eye candy here, lil' something for the lllllladies)
Nobody blows Mikhail away. Did you see Gregory hobbling at the end? Let's say this instead , the two of them together were great! And leave it at that But if you think anyone can blow Baryshnikov away , go back to the beginning. Anyone else would have been dead of strangulation, but Mikhail is solid muscle from head to toe
I went and saw this movie with a high school friend of mine in the evening after the space shuttle exploded and before moving the Germany 2 days later. Loved it.
I guess that's Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines warm up exercise and I really love how Mikhail Baryshnikov start stretching for a warm up he's flexible anyway 😊
Match any athlete with a primo or prima ballet dancer. Form and ultimate flexibility are practiced from childhood into adulthood seven days a week, for hours under the most demanding teachers and directors... and no crying!
I never get tired of watching these two dance💖✨💫
❤word!
absolutely beyond brilliant === two champions forever !!!
Even here, toward the end of his dance career, MB was physical perfection.
Baryshnikov is fantastic and has always been a favourite! So fluid and elegant. Just beautiful especially ballet.
Two of the most exciting dancers in one movie. What more could one want.
Unforgettable movie and Gregory…such a great dancer!! Miss you!!❤❤
I met Gregory. I talked with his mom on the phone once. Best experience of my life!
Βecause of them two together ,this movie, is very rare pearl in the history of cimema.
Agreed
It’s an unforgettable cimemory.
Highly highly underated!!! All around genius! Directing performances sets soundtrack choreography!!!👏👏👏👏👏🕺🕺🕺🕺
Sad Gregory is no longer with us. He was so talented.
I have visited his grave in Oakville.
Never mourn a person. It is only your guilt for what you didn't achieve. You only celebrate the ones that pass over.
Oh and they are both laying around and then dance, tap or ballet..... OMG
@@seanwebb605where in Oakville?
@@dmorenod29 A Ukrainian cemetery near the Ford plant.
Two icons, totally different, both amazing.
Gregory Hines was underrated. RIP
I watched a Gregory Hines special and Sammy Davis Jr. was in the audience.
Davis got up and walked to the stage ... an old sick man, he became stronger with every step toward that stage.
He did an impromptu performance, and Hines got down on his knees and kissed Davis' feet.
When Davis walked back to his seat he became an old sick man again. Heartbreaking and yet his strength to perform was inspiring.
Davis wrote an autobiography "Yes, I can" I highly recommend.
i saw that it was awesome
Here’s the clip: ua-cam.com/video/Gm8ewtTS7SI/v-deo.html
These were movies. They depicted the best
Was a seat filler at an awards show about 100 years ago (okay just 30). Sat next to him.
(Oh, seat fillers are “civilians” drafted to make an event venue look full for camera. About 1/4 of the people you see at the Oscar’s are “civilians”. Why? The taping of an 🥇 show is incredibly long and boring. No one in their right mind WANTS to go, but it’s obligatory. Some actors are so unnerved by these events that they bring their Mommy instead of their underwear model/baby mama. It’s a little saddening, Galactica Actual. We should have compassion for their torment. If the Emmy’s, for example, existed during the crusades, the Iron Maiden would never have been invented.
Two of my objects of lust in a movie together? I was in heaven. Went to the movie theater MULTIPLE times!
why not !!!
It wouldn't be an 80's movie without a work out montage 😁
Or leg warmers. 🤣🤣
I know this much is TRUE!
Прыжки Барышникова прекрасны
Leave it to the 80s to make a montage about men's dance seem as exciting as when Arnold starts strapping on grenades and rocket launchers.
Only these guys are real.
Actually more exciting
arnold's a wimp next to them.
Refreshing. Fight scenes are repetitive & pointless.
They were both beautiful men
I love you Misha! 🥰
And all of THAT was just WARMING UP!!
The 80's looks like so much warm and bright.
Just watching Misha and Gregory prep makes me sore. The dance sequence is my favorite part of the film.
Flashdance meets Cold War Espionage. Ahhh, the 80s!
It’s 2020 now and I’ve been a fan of both Mikhail and Gregory for decades but Im not sure how this ended up on my suggested list. However, here we are and I’m appreciating this scene once again.
RIP Greg Hines, man we miss you, it's heartbreaking to see you gone (for now)
Ohhh 😔 did not know he passed away. So sorry, from Lima Peru
@Peaches J thank you. Appreciate it. May he rest in peace and dance in heaven with angels 👼. Passed away at a young age
@Peaches J so am I. 17 years later 😔.
Di he passed away? When and why? I did not know he's gone😣😢😭
@Peaches J thanks for the complete answer! So sorry! RIP Mr.Hines!
Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
Baryshnikov flexibility was out of this world 🌎 RIP the great Gregory Hines, we still miss you. Awesome movie loved seeing them both together being great in their respective professions and talents. Loved this movie
I watched the relegate scenes - stopped counting
Mikhail was so freaking GORGEOUS!
Wow!!! Talent at its BEST 😲😁
Yo!!! Dudes!!!! this is just absolutey fabulous....doesn't matter how old we get...it is still just wonderful!!!
Greatest dance scene EVER in a movie. White Knights.
All the videos I've seen tonight are great but this is the scene that I think sealed the lust for Baryshknikov
Great era, great music great guys,right the opposite from today......
Loved the dancing and music in White Nights. And that a white and black man danced as equals in this sequence.
Greatness forgotten. 2021 and there are kids who don’t know who either of them even are smh ...
Dove c'e'Baryshnikov splende la luce
Two of my favorite dancers!
This was a great combo put together very professional talent dancers and it just worked I love it ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Two of the very , very best
2:24 I always loved that side kick Gregory did.
They are blissful
Amazing and Wonderful 💙💙❤️
A movie made by real trained dancers and can also act as we'll.
+TOJ72 Very we'll indeed. lol
The director makes an amusing statement in the audio commentry on the DVD.
He says that actors get bored when sequences take a long time to film, causing them to lose consentration.
Dancers, on the other hand, because of their repetitive training system, are used to doing the same thing over and over again until they get it right!
He also said there's a truism, that choreographers are sadists, and dancers a masochists!!
These two are beyond trained! More like best of their fields.
Trained dancer? Barishnikoff was a star ballet dancer in the former USSR before defecting to the USA . He performed on the best stages all over the world . Trained dancer?.!
Good movie...good line
The two greatest dancers of our generation.
Gregory could actually sing too. He was amazing!
I don't know how this ended up on my suggested list, but so glad it came up - I remember *loving* this movie as a kid!!! This was the movie that began my Mikhail (Misha) crush! It was on some channel, and I taped it - ohmygosh anybody here remember VHS and VCRs???? - Anyway once I had it on tape I watched it on REPEAT like God knows how many times. I actually probably still have that VHS somewhere...Oh man, good times the 80's =]
I was born in 05 and still had the privilege of watching movies from VCR's and listening to cassette tapes
This is the most homoerotic thing I’ve ever….
Omg. Love it.
Barf
My Dad fought Gregory Hines in a High School Martial Arts tournament. Unfortunately, Gregory BEAT my Dad. So those kicks shows how talented all around Gregory Hines was.
@Victor French Afraid I don’t know. But suffice it to say, Gregory Hines was an incredibly talented individual.
There is much I never knew about Gregory Hines.
@@psgary6622 yeah, he was a legend in his time.
Love the fact that he was talented at both martial arts and dance. Shame we lost him.
@@Bastion83 yeah, he was a rare talent!!!
This was a very interesting movie, I remember it. Not just the dancing, but how it's also a commentary about Russia and the USA.
There are three layers present in this movie that show the difference in cultures.
1: Russia vs USA
2: Black vs White (Although it's not a massive barrier between the Raymond and Rodchenko characters, they manipulate Colonel Chaiko's racism to getting Darya back), but it also shows the division in American culture.
3: Ballet vs Tap (For Ballet, people dress up in ballgowns and tuedos, but "The rich don't patronise tap" (quote from the movie), so people watch it in their normal clothes.
Yes Russia all disciplined and formal (while exquisite, ballet) vs America’s individualism expressed through more of that wild no rules self Expression (tap)
It's not a documentary because it's quite biased.
I used to have such a crush on Mikhail Baryshnikov, but I still love this movie. >_
Me, too.
me three - only two posters were ever on my wall back in the day : Van Goghs sunflowers which came down for a haunting beautiful black and white photo of Mikhail B in full flight 💕💕💕 oh yah I’m sixty 😉
loved this..these two together..🙋 💜
I was young at heart way back when when movie was out
The best of the Russian ballet school in place. Unbeatable Baryshnikov!
Best ever 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 pray for somebody who ever could reach this level
I remember seeing this when I was a young girl , it's just as impressive now as it was then!
Барышников - это Бог балет! Восхищение и восторг! Великий труженик!
Muy buen duo , excelente Barishnykov y Gregory Hines muy talentoso también. Una maravilla de película Noches Blancas . No .e cansa verla .
This was a great movie!! 🏴🏴💕💕
One of my favourites!
Abounding talent! Soooo great
This movie is a great memory for me!
Михаил просто великолепен!!! Браво
OMG I love this movie..nd the dancing.❤️❤️
Fantastic gripping film
pioneers
I still have a crush on him. He has really gorgeous eyes!!! CX
Watch it girl Mikhail belongs to me sincerely felicity.
Misha é perfeito!!!!
Uma raridade da sétima arte.
Já tentei achar inteiro , mas sem sucesso o jeito foi ver está sequência linda aqui mesmo😘
Baryshnikov in his formidable prime, and Gregory Hines just steps up and effortlessly blows him away. Incredible. (Also lots of eye candy here, lil' something for the lllllladies)
Nobody blows Mikhail away. Did you see Gregory hobbling at the end? Let's say this instead , the two of them together were great! And leave it at that
But if you think anyone can blow Baryshnikov away , go back to the beginning. Anyone else would have been dead of strangulation, but Mikhail is solid muscle from head to toe
I went and saw this movie with a high school friend of mine in the evening after the space shuttle exploded and before moving the Germany 2 days later. Loved it.
Love both of them.😆
I guess that's Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines warm up exercise and I really love how Mikhail Baryshnikov start stretching for a warm up he's flexible anyway 😊
Leg warmers make perfect sense here❗️😍
Too bad they didn't keep this video going to show their fantastic dance together.
RIP MR. HINES
still love to see it here I can see whole movie here on you tube wow!
Mikhail looks like he's gonna break tha barre. lol
Well, he is made entirely of muscle.
The slow shoe sniffing has me wheezing!
I think i need to watch this movie immediately
Raymond Greenwood and Nikolai "Koyla" Rodchenko played by Gregory Hines and Mikhal Baryshnikov.
God ; Misha is wonderfull
misha is still alive and well and doing ballet.......
+misha jesse Collins No. He is alive and working in modern dance. He retired from classical ballet decades ago.
***** He's not really performing principle roles in classical ballet. He retired from that a long time ago. Which is fine.
He still goes to ballet class. I guess once you've done it that long it just gets ingrained.
Misha... no one EVER like him
Perfect comment! Totally agreement!
now this movie is memory for me
❤yummy
So sad that Gregory has gone 😢😢
Such an amazing movie.
Amo y admiro enormemente a Mikhael Varyshnikov
This is and will be one off the best movie ever!! 🏴🥰👍😄
no turning point
People have got to move is the name of the song
Барышников это чудо природы!
INOUBLIABLE !!!!!!!merci 💙🙏
When you think dancing is easy! 😂 TRY THESE MOVES!
Match any athlete with a primo or prima ballet dancer. Form and ultimate flexibility are practiced from childhood into adulthood seven days a week, for hours under the most demanding teachers and directors... and no crying!
I haven't seen two men dancing in the movies since the 1950s. These guys were good.
This is an amazing film.
SÓLO RECUERDO LA CANCIÓN DE ESTA PELÍCULA.. MENUDO PIQUE!!! SON PERFECTOS BAILARINES!!!!!
Cómo se llama la canción sabes??
❤❤❤❤❤❤
❤🌹🌹🌹
I LOVED THIS MOVIE!!
The two best
good video I was younger when the video came out
Great ways to get ready for their ballet dances!! They should also swim!! 💛💃🎤🤠😎🥥🍫🎸🥳🧡
I remember when I used to do those floor splits like nothing. I would break in half if I tried that now.
I've missed you