I fell in love with New York. It was like every human being, like any relationship. When I was a young New Yorker, it was one city. When I was a grown man, it was another city. I worked with many dance organizations and many wonderful people. In the '90s, it became kind of a hard and unwelcoming city in many ways. It became conservative, like the whole country.

Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity.

In '74 it was really a very gloomy atmosphere, I would say, to put it mildly.

I don't drink milk, and I don't eat bread, pasta or rice. But I eat a lot of meat, chicken, fish and salads.

It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity, making an earnest attempt.

I like the most provocative and most surprising partnerships on stage. Intensity and surprise.

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