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.

A country like Belgium, or socialist countries in central Europe spend more money on art education than the United States, which is a really puzzling thought.

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

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

It's weird when you see pieces of choreography that were done for you 15 or 20 years ago and now they are being done by another dance company.

No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything.

When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.