I am not the first straight dancer or the last.

My father was a Party member and he was a pretty high rank military officer under the colonel, junior colonel, I don't know the term. He was a total Stalinist. A bit with a streak of anti-Semitism and very shrewd man, a very kind of nervous man.

I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.

I gave away a lot of works for benefits and then people would also give me back.

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

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

I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant.