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.

Dance is music made visible

See the music, hear the dance.

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

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.

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

In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.