What's a dancer's worst enemy? Sometimes it's age, but sometimes it's the dancer themselves.

I really felt it was time for a new vision.

Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.

To be able to make decisions and see them come to fruition and feel the excitement around them, what it generates within the company, how the artists get motivated — that's the most rewarding part; feeling I can be a catalyst for an artistic experience for our artists and for the public.

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

I regret that I didn't enjoy it all more. I didn't savour it until the end because I was so hard on myself. Life goes by so quickly. A dancer's career goes by so quickly. You've got to enjoy those moments when you know you've done your best.

Even if I had nothing to do with the Canada Council, I'd be praying for it.