All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world.
Dance involves physicality, it involves spirituality and even brains.
It’s hard to find backbone.I never had crisis of identity. But I think many Americans have it.
You cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way.
Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.
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.