I have been guilty of watching Westerns without acknowledging that Native Americans have gone through the same madness as African Americans. Isn't it extraordinary that sometimes the most offended have not seen others being offended?

Dance is not endangered - it will always find a way to express itself.

Dance is bigger than the physical body. When you extend your arm, it doesn't stop at the end of your fingers, because you're dancing bigger than that; you're dancing spirit.

I have been guilty of watching Westerns without acknowledging that Native Americans have gone through the same madness as African Americans. Isn't it extraordinary that sometimes the most offended have not seen others being offended?

People come to see beauty, and I dance to give it to them.

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 haven't had a family, but I don't think of that as a sacrifice: my dancers are my family.