The dance goes on forever. So shall I. So shall we.

You've got to break through this idea of being light as a ballerina. The heavier you'll feel, the lighter you'll look.

Classical virtuosity is more than technique, line, proportion, and balance. It is as if the performer and spectator come together to hold in their hands a bird with a broken wing. The creature can be felt to stir, to struggle for freedom. Its life responds to human warmth; its wing might brush your check as it flies away.

Ballet is a riddle of means and ends.

In saying my prayers, I discovered the voice of an innermost self, the raw nerve of my identity.

The nature of my compulsion was such that I danced in my sleep. The entire household was sometimes awakened by loud thumping sounds coming from my room.

When you are on stage you are having an affair with three thousand people.