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

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.

I recently learn a new word: insatiable. That's me.

Dance involves physicality, it involves spirituality and even brains.

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.

Even the ears must dance.

I travel like a gypsy, and I didn't know how I could perform and be a mother.