When you get on stage, you can be anything. You are removed from reality in a way, the real world.

As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate.

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

I think it was important that I learned to love to dance eventually for its own sake, as opposed to wanting to be a ballerina.

I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that we were chic, sophisticated ladies. And I think that was a great sort of preparation, in a way.

Treat each class as if it were your first.

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