Diaghilev was the first to notice good character dancers and that sort of thing.

It is a fact that all the ballet's fundamental dance steps are derived from the folk dances of Western Europe.

You can't stop what comes into a country, you can be influenced, but you can't stop it, you shouldn't, because it makes all the others interesting, we all get muddled up together, and produce something that belongs to everyone.

God gave us all exactly the same fingers, arms, legs, and feet, but in our different countries we divided them all a little differently as we feel it, do you understand?

You can't dance until you've learnt steps, the things your feet can do.

No no, we ALL teach each other, whether it's dancing, whether it's singing, whether it's talking, we all listen to each other. That's progress.

Diaghilev was the first to notice good character dancers and that sort of thing.