Performance has to be mainstream art. This is what I'm fighting for.
If we consider art as oxygen in our society, we have to deliver this oxygen.
With classical ballet you are literally injuring yourself.
From the moment you are born, you could die. I think as an artist it is important to meditate on that.
The only thing I have learned is to find strength in yourself. No one can help you, no one can do anything for you, you have to do the work yourself.
In every culture, [there are those] shamans or medicine men who endured incredible physical pain, because it's a door opening to the subconsciousness. And the way we can actually control the pain -- it's how to control everything. This is the key.