You cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way.
Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world.
I want to be free... free to develop my art.
A real ballerina must fill her space with her own personality.
Being spontaneous, it's what saved me.