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

The pointes for girls, I always say, have to be like an elephant's trunk; strong and yet flexible and soft.

In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell. We can't dance synonyms.

I could never make a ballet by wrinkling my brow and concentrating. If you set out deliberately to make a masterpiece, how will you ever get it finished?

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

I cannot move, I cannot even want to move, unless I hear the music first.

I don't have a past. I have a continuous present. The past is part of the present, just as the future is. We exist in time.