For me it was really important to get the essence out of the music for the story and not, sort of, press the music into the service of the whimsical telling of it.

I wanted to give people - which is fairly bizarre considering my whole life is contemporary dance really - I wanted to give people a really fulfilling sense that they had seen a white classical ballet - in a very pure form.

Sydney is a very good market for us - we have a very strong following here.

I'm in the position to pick the cream of the crop.

SDC has a great reputation for putting live music on stage.

And dance is wonderful because dance is so immediate.

I'm interested in people who can take the movement somewhere.