It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.

All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.

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

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

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.

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.