I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography.

I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with your artistic plans.

Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.

I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying.

He is a male butterfly without the wings - the same kind of grace of a very young horse, so angular.

I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography.

I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey.