My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War.

In opera tradition, when opera die-hard fans, there is a replacement of singer or singer wasn't at his or hers vocal best, doing something, they boo. Especially now that they pay hundreds of dollars for the ticket.

Dances have a second and third life. You feel they are never ready. They always have a chance for another life.

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.

Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity.

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

You can be totally involved, you could admire just the shape of or you could be totally emotionally mushed up into the dance.