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

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.

You cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way.

I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.

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

Dance involves physicality, it involves spirituality and even brains.

Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.