"Light Over Water" is the longest piece I have ever composed. It is a landmark in my personal struggle to create large forms. I feel that it is by and large a formally successful work, though I was constrained to write a piece at least fifty minutes long, and there are some dead spots in the music where I think I was simply marking time. However, I think when the dance is in motion, the formal problem is nonexistent.

The relationship between the audience and the dancers goes through many different stages. Someone seeing my work for the first time may or may not pick up on that.

I do not like a haphazard connection between the dances and the music.

I am just a choreographer, and I am trying to make productions, not dance concerts.

I think dancing is an emotional experience.

I do not like to be thought of as avant-garde or some kind of didactic artist.

I disagree with the idea that modern dancers are cold or unemotional.