It was very interesting growing up in South Africa then. It was extraordinary. It was multiculturalism before it became an issue.

I had met American artists and just couldn't believe their energy. London was always such a struggle to get anything going.

I started as a tap dancer in Durban, which is on the coast. That was an important part of growing up, turning on the radio in the morning and hearing Zulu singing or the news in Zulu.

From day one, my idea was always to use the gallery as this animated place to discover culture in a much bigger way.

I was often the only white girl in the Indian dance class. That felt funny, but doing Indian dance was great.

As far as I'm concerned, the 20th century was performance-driven, but for some reason, the critics and historians didn't know how to integrate that.

I grew up as a dancer. I did tap, classical ballet, all of that. I did Indian dancing, or Bharata Natyam, classic temple dancing from Madras, originally. My mother always had the great idea that I should learn it.