It's weird when you see pieces of choreography that were done for you 15 or 20 years ago and now they are being done by another dance company.

I don't try to dance better than anybody but myself.

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.

I was never like, "collect, collect," like people who go to auctions. I never spent a serious amount of time because I don't have any time!

I read Russian literature a lot.

I was very restless. I really wanted to be a part of a kind of a progressive society. I was fed up with these Communist doctrines and you were hassled all the time with members of the Party committee who were KGB, what you have to do, where in the West you can go or not to go.

Dances have a second and third life. You feel they are never ready. They always have a chance for another life.