Dancers are a great breed of people. And they really want to dance so you don't have to beg them to work. However, dancers sometimes build walls around themselves because they are presenting themselves all the time: dancing is very much a confession.

The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy, and capable of getting out there and dancing as often as possible.

Of course, in the art class, I was the model.

I used to love to play dress-up, where you get your mother's or your grandmother's dresses and high heels.

I'm thought of as a cool, unemotional dancer, but inside I'm not.

I was very much of a tomboy.

I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes on in your life, or in the politics of the world around you, it is wonderful to go into that studio, and tell yourself what to do.