I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.

I want to see people dance, and I would like to guess what kind of people they are. I don't want to know the recipe for their pasta.

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

Although I don't gamble in life - I've never played poker - I do gamble on stage. I gamble with myself: 'Can I do this?'

I don't drink milk, and I don't eat bread, pasta or rice. But I eat a lot of meat, chicken, fish and salads.

When a dancer comes onstage, he is not just a blank slate that the choreographer has written on. Behind him he has all the decisions he has made in life. Each time, he has chosen, and in what he is onstage, you see the result of those choices. You are looking at the person he is, and the person who, at this point, he cannot help but be Exceptional dancers, in my experience, are also exceptional people, people with an attitude toward life, a kind of quest, and an internal quality. They know who they are, and they show this to you, willingly.

You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to take everyday classes.