If I see a human body on the stage, I don't see it as an abstraction. I see it as a body.

I would like to tell all dancers to forget themselves and the desire for self display. They must become completely absorbed in the dance. Even in a classical variation there should never be any thought of a dancer doing a variation--he should become identified with it.

If I see a human body on the stage, I don't see it as an abstraction. I see it as a body.

Sometimes I feel as if sections of my ballets were done for me - that I didnt do them myself.