You don't measure life by receiving awards.

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.

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

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.

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

He is a male butterfly without the wings - the same kind of grace of a very young horse, so angular.