I'm not interested in a group of people with some sort of incredible homogeny,a group that can do the movement I want. I'm interested in people whocan take the movement somewhere.

I think it requires a bit of honesty, Swan Lake.

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

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.

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

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