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

Creativity is more about taking the facts, fictions, and feelings we store away and finding new ways to connect them.

No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.

Whom the gods wish to destroy, they give unlimited resources.

I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies.

I always, somehow, knew that I was going to dance.

I was valedictorian. Did I enjoy going to school? I hated it. It wasn't a choice on my part, it was expected.