Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.

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

Just sit and open your eyes and open your heart. It's dance theater.

I was very restless. I really wanted to be a part of a kind of a progressive society. I was fed up with these Communist doctrines and you were hassled all the time with members of the Party committee who were KGB, what you have to do, where in the West you can go or not to go.

When I see people on the street, I look at how they walk. It's like a signature, a fingerprint.

I really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is the best. This is the second best. There is no such thing.

Now there is in a way a renaissance of modern dance - suddenly, it is more respected and discovered.