It’s hard to find backbone.I never had crisis of identity. But I think many Americans have it.
To look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow.
It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.
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.
Usually, English personalities are difficult; they dont take criticism easily.
Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.