Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun.

No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.

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

In the second part of life you get rid of stuff you've accumulated.

If your only dance experience is the Nutcracker, it will be a shock; hopefully shocking in a good way.

I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.

I found that dance, music, and literature is how I made sense of the world... it pushed me to think of things bigger than lifes daily routines... to think beyond what is immediate or convenient.