Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet.

It's not about weight, it's about fitness, and one component of being fit is to have relatively low body fat, because fat is not very efficient, whereas muscle is.

Because muscle is heavier than fat, dancers weigh more than you might think, but they are usually very lean.

I have lots of interests, but it's true that dancing is a very full-time job.

Young dancers are training at a very vulnerable time in their lives... So train the whole person, not just the dancer.

It's not magic! It's physics. The speed of the turn is what keeps you upright. It's like a spinning top.

But you do have to start young as a dancer if you're going to achieve the physical skills necessary.