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

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.

Excellence is the name of the game.

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

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

Every dancer lives on the threshold of chucking it.