Normally our season is seven weeks in the Drama Theatre and four weeks in the Opera Theater.

If the year 2000 can help us move into the future, that's fine, but I am afraid that people see it as a full stop and that one can take a big breath afterwards - you can't.

It's the emotional trigger points that are important to me because I know if I could believe in the characters and try and imagine how they felt then I'd be able to do something quite honest.

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

Normally our season is seven weeks in the Drama Theatre and four weeks in the Opera Theater.

And currently, there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics, Australian Federation, my 50th Birthday, and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary.

I actually build my dreams around the dancers I've got in my company.