Dancing was something to be taken very seriously when engaged in and otherwise put out of mind.

...wherever one is, some part of oneself remains on another continent.

There is no way anything of value can be done without some framework. It might well be that the framework is discarded or the rules opposed; that is not important. What is essential is that they exist so that one knows when one is in opposition to them.

Dancing was something to be taken very seriously when engaged in and otherwise put out of mind.

generally speaking, we are all happier when we are still striving for achievement than when the prize is in our hands.

Life offstage has sometimes been a wilderness of unpredictables in an unchoreographed world.

Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.