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.

My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War.

Divinity of art, it's such a mystery. How to convince people that no matter how much money you can spend on education and art education especially, that it implants, it directs a young person for the rest of their lives, and always in the most humane and positive and dignified manner.

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 body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.

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 never liked dance photography; it's very flat, and dance photography in the studio looks very contrived.