Dance involves physicality, it involves spirituality and even brains.
People tell me I'm dancing better than ever. I don't know what happened, but I have new enthusiasm and more endurance.
Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.
You cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way.
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.