The path to your success is not as fixed and inflexible as you think.

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.

Success is not easy and I think everyone should know that hard work and perseverance and being open to giving back are so much more powerful than stepping all over people to get to the top.

In a ballet company, you're trying to create unison and uniform when you're in a cour de ballet.

The higher you go up in rank, usually the longer you can dance.

Something happens when you feel that energy and excitement from the audience. And you do, I don't know, four pirouettes. You jump higher than you ever have. And it's just this really magical thing that happens in those moments.

I learned how to communicate and articulate myself from ballet. It's just insane to me, when they don't think of that as a part of our education.