I live a very different life now, with incredible privileges, but looking back I realise that growing up in Russia gave me tools that other people don't necessarily have - such as the will to push that bit further, to make things happen, to succeed.

I don't mind being called Supernova. If one nickname is going to stick, that's not a bad one!

When you become a mother, you think less about yourself and care more about the world.

As a child I really didn't like men at all, in fact.

Writing down goals makes you think of what is achievable. It really makes you reflect on what you are today.

When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.

I do modern jazz and contemporary combined. I like to feel strong, flexible, and so there is stretching involved.