I know a lot of choreographers prefer to do abstract dance and not be bothered with a story, but even when I'm asked to do classical ballet or a modern piece, I still want to tell a story.

I'm really happy when I'm immersed in the art of it all - immersed in the music, the dance, the visual. Tapping into joy - it saves you.

Even when I rehearse down in the bowels of the Metropolitan Opera, you can't help but think why The Phantom of the Opera was inspired by what happens in the bowels of the opera house.

My father was very funny, so I grew up with humor in the house. And I was always really attracted to comedies on TV. I was always really attracted to comics.

I think theatres will always remain a sacred place where people go for something live and experience things live, which is very different than the experience of film.

It is true that I visualize music and, as I visualize music, I have some sort of story running in my head, all the time.

I think a woman who is successful is critiqued more harshly than a man is critiqued.