I would have to challenge the term, modern dance. I don't really use that term in relation to my work. I simply think of it as dancing. I think of it as moving.

The way I enjoyed spending time most was dancing. That's from the time I was a very small child, When I was 4 or 5 years old, I remember already having a regime. It was the way I always identified myself.

Men and women are very different athletes, and frankly, I didn't want to deal with the male potential.

when the time came I would do battle with my mother for the right to sit at the center of my own life.

My mother was a dominant force in my life. She had a very specific idea about education, which was: you should know everything about everything. It was quite simple. There was no exclusivity, and there really was no judgment, which is a good thing for someone who still thinks of themselves as a very basic American.

The great ones never take fundamentals for granted.

The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.