People tell me I'm dancing better than ever. I don't know what happened, but I have new enthusiasm and more endurance.

A real ballerina must fill her space with her own personality.

I was born to be a ballerina - my physique, my spirit, my feeling for music. What I am can only be expressed in dance. I am an erotic woman and that's what dance is.

Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.

Because my profession is the body, it is a relaxation for me to get out of physicality and concentrate on more mental things.

It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.

The expression should come from within oneself, conveying the spiritual - something between earth and heaven. And if one runs, one should not seem to touch the ground.