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.

That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get on stage and make people happy, was more important than becoming famous, or even what I was dancing.

I liked tap, because I liked hearing the results of my movements.

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

And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that dancing would be my chosen profession.

Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that I was as a child.

I was very happy that I was as normal as possible before I went into serious dance.