What makes people and companies and artistic directors and choreographers interested in working with dancers is the ability to kind of let go of everything you think you know and be a blank canvas.

I think I'm pretty laid back. I like cooking, being at home, and going to concerts. And I love to shop!

I shouldn't even be wearing a tutu. I don't have the right legs, my muscles are too big.

I think anything that affects me in my personal life is going to help me be a better artist on stage.

I absolutely love what I do, and I want to dance for as long as I can and feel good about what I am putting out there on the stage.

Those people that don't see the power in art maybe have never been a part of an art, in a real way. To experience it, and to see and witness how it affects people, we're not doing it just to create professionals. It's to add another dimension to the way that children think and the way they experience certain things. If you didn't have dance, music and singing, it just seems so odd to me.

I was 17 when I moved to NYC . I'm now 32. But I do know I can't see myself living anywhere else. I love the food, the fashion, art, the intelligence of this city and the people that live in it.