Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.

The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend.

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.

Dancing is such a despised and dishonored trade that if you tell a doctor or a laywer you do choreography he'll look at you as if you were a hummingbird. Dancers don't get invited to visit people. It is assumed a boy dancer will run off with the spoons and a girl with the head of the house.

When I dance I am really meditating rather then performing for an audience. I am completely absorbed by the music and the steps I choose to respond to the music.

If you want to understand a nation, look at its dances and listen to its folk songs - don't pay any attention to its politicians.

My heroines are part of me and my heroes are part of what I'd like to know.