I want to know who you are as a person, and then I want you to develop as a whole human being.

I want to know who you are as a person, and then I want you to develop as a whole human being.

I felt the naivete of a child in my dancing. I cherished that feeling. I had what I call a knowledgeable naivete, and it worked for me.

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.

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'm moved by contraries, by opposites, the strength that was my mother's eyes, the beauty of my father's hands.

Once you've danced, you always dance. You can't deny the gifts that God sends your way