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

No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.

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

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

I never liked dance photography; it's very flat, and dance photography in the studio looks very contrived.

I like to go to anybody else's birthday, and if I'm invited I'm a good guest. But I never celebrate my birthdays. I really don't care.

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