No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.

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

I found that dance, music, and literature is how I made sense of the world... it pushed me to think of things bigger than lifes daily routines... to think beyond what is immediate or convenient.

I am not the first straight dancer or the last.

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

I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography.

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.