One is born to be a great dancer.

I don't want people who want to dance; I want people who have to dance.

The choreographer and the dancer must remember
that they reach the audience through the eye.
It's the illusion created which convinces the audience,
much as it is with the work of a magician.

I have no literary approach - except to literature.

Storyless is not abstract. Two dancers on the stage are enough material for a story; for me, they are already a story in themselves

I've got more energy now than when I was younger because I know exactly what I want to do.

We must first realize that dancing is an absolutely independent art, not merely a secondary accompanying one. I believe that it is one of the great arts. . . . The important thing in ballet is the movement itself. A ballet may contain a story, but the visual spectacle . . . is the essential element. The choreographer and the dancer must remember that they reach the audience through the eye. It's the illusion created which convinces the audience, much as it is with the work of a magician.