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

Being spontaneous, it's what saved me.

Dance involves physicality, it involves spirituality and even brains.

All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world.

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

The expression should come from within oneself, conveying the spiritual - something between earth and heaven. And if one runs, one should not seem to touch the ground.

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