Someone once said that dancers work just as hard as policeman, always alert, always tense. But I don't agree with that because policeman don't have to look beautiful at the same time.

First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you're very lucky and have said your prayers.

Choreography is simpler than you think. Just go and do, and don't think so much about it. Just make something interesting.

If you don't feel challenged, it's because you're not doing enough. Ballet should never feel comfortable. Comfortable is lazy! If you're comfortable when you dance, you're not pushing yourself hard enough. 100 % is not enough. You have to give 200%. One tendu takes years of hard work and will never be perfect. Everything in ballet is a challenge.

Put a man and a girl on stage and there is already a story; a man and two girls, there's already a plot.

Ballet dancing is arduous, strenuous activity. Students are engaged in physical training that rivals the training Olympic athletes undergo. At the same time, they strive for physical perfection not for the prowess alone but as a way of achieving the means necessary to express the pure nature of their art.

What are you waiting for? What are you saving for? Now is all there is.