Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company.

I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting.

People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience.

I read Russian literature a lot.

We lived, until I was 12 or so, in communal apartment with five different families and the same kitchen, in two little - my brother and me and my parents. It was hell, but it was a common thing. My father was not general or admiral, but he was colonel. He was teaching in military academy military topography.

When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.

I want to see people dance, and I would like to guess what kind of people they are. I don't want to know the recipe for their pasta.