Excellence is the name of the game.

Dancing is being trusted with other people's guts; choreographing is trusting other people with yours. When I choreograph I'm giving a dancer something to do and trusting the dancer to do it and build on it.

I believe in spirit and then I believe a manifestation of spirit is dance

It's a real gift to have a husband and wife in the company that love each other and that work together. They check on each other emotionally and physically. That's beautiful to me.

Dance is about never-ending aspiration.

Maybe its a generational thing, but I never wanted to be the best black dancer in the world. I just wanted to be the best.

It's never too early to teach your children about the tool of money. Teach them how to work for it and they learn pride and self-respect. Teach them how to save it and they learn security and self-worth. Teach them how to be generous with it and they learn love.