What brought me to the theater, no matter you're a Jew or a Russian or Armenian or Latvian, are suddenly illuminated by stage light and one beautiful image of dance.

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.

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

I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant.

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.

I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.