Failing, and learning from it, is necessary. Unil you've done it, you're missing an important piece of your creative arsenal.

I am fairly concise when I work and I work quickly because I think work is done better in a high gear than done our in a gear when everyone's exhausted. Get focused, do it!

I don't believe in rushing and saying this is done and over with. That form of rebellion doesn't make sense to me. I've always attempted to familiarize myself with the traditions, and consider that a responsibility of the artist.

I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me.

It's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.

This is the hard part. Knowing and admitting a problem are not the same as solving it. But executing a solution is also the fun part, because the solution save you and gets you moving again.

A young person has to start making decisions for themselves at a much earlier age than an overbearing parent allows one.