I feel like I represent every young dancer, and even non-dancer, who felt they were not accepted by the ballet world. I'd like to think that they can see themselves in me.

To have a platform like So You Think You Can Dance, where you're reaching this audience that's been created over the 10 years that they've been on the air. People who didn't know anything about dance and aren't going to go to the theater are learning about it, even if it's ballroom and jazz, by just turning their television ono. They're building this audience that's advanced and educated enough to introduce them to ballet.

Once I became a professional, maybe 19 or 20, I really started to try to figure out who I was, as a woman and as an individual.

It's difficult to exist as a woman, especially I think as a powerful woman. You want to stand strong and you want to be considered and equal.

There are muscles that we have in our feet that most human beings don't even know that we have. The strength that we have is so detailed.

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.

I never experienced getting nervous on stage. I think I was most comfortable there.