I always figure I have this tree and there's always some green fruit that's not ready to pick or blossoms that are ready to flower; there are always some ready to drop off too.

And dance is wonderful because dance is so immediate.

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

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

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.

Mostly, I'm in the very enviable position that no one dictates what I do.

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