I can't really hear the audience applause when I'm on stage. I'm totally immersed in the piece. But sometimes I get a lot of it and wonder, "Now, why did they applaud here?" If it's a white crowd, they usually applaud because they think it's a pretty movement. If it's a black crowd, it's usually because they identify with the message.

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.

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

Dancing is a gift. You are supposed to do it; it's like breathing.

I've been in a competitive situation almost all my life. I've been having a competition with myself and trying to be the best I could be.

You don't enter a dance studio and say "I can't do that." If you do, then why are you in the studio in the first place?

We can go on talking about racism and who treated whom badly, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to wallow in that or are you going to create your own agenda?