Originally broadcast in 1984 over New York's WNET/Thirteen on "Great Performances," as part of the "Dance in America" series Baryshnikov Dances Sinatra and More... film. Mikhail Baryshnikov, along with members of American Ballet Theatre, dance three works choreographed by Twyla Tharp: "The Little Ballet," "Sinatra Suite," and "Push Comes to Shove."
Baryshnikov and dancers of the American Ballet Theatre perform in three ballets bringing Mikhail's technique to new levels and giving him his first opportunity to explore humor in performance.
There are a combining inserts, "ballet from A to Z", where Mikhail Baryshnikov talking about dance terms and what important that's beyond technique.