Talent will only take you so far, and it is your ability to feel the music and explore a movement that will bring you the greatest pleasure in dance.

It's a time to reflect and appreciate all the contributions that others have made to my career and my life. My vision is nothing that hasn't been gleaned or understood from watching and working with so many people I admire before me.

Dancers, like all performing artists, like nothing better than to be challenged.

In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for excitement.

The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.

There's nothing like the force and challenge of a new ballet to galvanize everyone involved in bringing it to life.

When I grow up I am going to be a ballerina. I will be in Giselle. It will be so much fun being a ballerina.