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

If your only dance experience is the Nutcracker, it will be a shock; hopefully shocking in a good way.

I adored my mother, and I will always have extraordinary memories about her and remember her, and she opened the doors for me to appreciate arts.

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

I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with your artistic plans.

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.

I don't go to a gym, I don't do yoga. I don't do personal training.