“Baryshnikov plays Nijinsky in the grip of insanity.”

“Baryshnikov here is an exaggerated being, suavely dressed and intricately made up so that he can be, depending on movement and expression and lighting and setting, a soigné, a clown, a vampire, a vaudevillian, a surreal character out of Gogol or a paranoid one out of Dostoyevsky. At the drop of a hat, Baryshnikov comes to life with the sly, smooth, beguiling shuffle steps. Stillness and motion are, for him, two sides of the same being, and whether moving or striking a pose, he is ever picture worthy.”

“Baryshnikov Delivers a Thrilling Letter to a Man- The exploration of Vaslav Nijinsky’s art and madness known as Letter to a Man, created by Mikhail Baryshnikov, the sole performer, and Robert Wilson, is a stunner. To be sure, it’s a slow stunner, checking in at 70 solid minutes and bereft of the kind of dancing Baryshnikov, 68, did at his peak of renown. But what it has is far greater than what it hasn’t.”

“”Misha” quite some time ago ventured into modern and
contemporary dance, film, television, theater, and photography. Here he appears in a unique tête-à-tête with Vaslav Nijinsky, his equivalent in the first half of the last century.”

« Dans les rêves et la folie de Vaslav Nijinski. A Paris, Robert Wilson façonne un bijou de poésie scénique à partir du journal d’un danseur. »

« Letter to a Man : Mikhail Baryshnikov, à la folie À l'Espace Cardin à Paris, Robert Wilson présente Letter to a Man. Inspiré du Journal de Vaslav Nijinski, ce spectacle bref, beau, volontairement répétitif, est illuminé par la présence du danseur russe qui n'a rien perdu de sa grâce envoûtante. »