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

Acting is not my language at all.

The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.

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.

When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.

What do dancers think of Fred Astaire? It's no secret. We hate him. He gives us a complex because he's too perfect. His perfection is an absurdity. It's too hard to face.

There comes a moment in a young artist's life when he knows he has to bring something to the stage from within himself. He has to put in something in order to be able to take something.