I'm definitely very careful about the things that I want to be a part of, but it's also important for me to get dance out there to more people.

I ended up training only for four years before I was accepted into American Ballet Theater in New York City.

It's really amazing that I was discovered and that I've been given these great opportunities to travel the world and work with amazing artists. I'm very blessed.

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

Going on stage and transcending the audience and becoming this otherworldly thing makes you a dancer. It's not so black and white.

To be an artist and to be recognized by another artist who is, you know, just something you can't even put into words, someone that is so far beyond what the normal human being experience is in terms of creativity and originality. That was kind of a moment where I thought wow maybe I do have something more that makes me special.

The best piece of advice that I remember probably on a daily basis is to accept everything about me that is different. That is what makes me special.