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

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

My career came together very quickly. I only trained for four years before I became a professional, so I didn't have a lot of time to sit back and be inspired before I took my first ballet class.

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

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 believe that I definitely developed into a refined and graceful woman due to ballet. It has shaped me in every way.

I think I always felt a connection to music and to movement. Growing up, I was surrounded by R&B and Hip-Hop, and the closest thing I could find to dance was gymnastics which I watched on TV.