Dancers are both athletes and artists.
Take your work seriously, but never yourself.
...wherever one is, some part of oneself remains on another continent.
the first night is the worst possible time to make a hard and fast criticism: the baby never looks its best on the day it is born.
Dancing was something to be taken very seriously when engaged in and otherwise put out of mind.
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.