The first time I started choreographing was in the dark, in my living room, with the lights completely out, to some popular music on the radio. I put the radio on full blast and I started moving. I didn't know what it looked like. I didn't want to see it... I had to start in the dark.

I've danced all over the world, and people are people. We cannot cut off from each other in life. In order to lead, you can't do that.

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.

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.

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

I was a protege; by the age of 10, I was studying with ballet choreographer Anthony Tudor in a class of adults.

So many people dwell on negativity and I've survived by ignoring it: it dims your light and it's harder each time to turn the power up again.