There really is nothing I ever had access to that I didn't appreciate.

I was interested in becoming a show dancer, for which I tried, but I'm not tall enough.

Modern dancers should be doing things no one else is doing, and it should come from the gut.

A commission is an invitation to fall in love.

I've always found it necessity to strip away everything but the most fundamental ways to work - the rest is style.

I understand things that are American, for better or worse.

I began to discriminate between fear and excitement. The two, though very close, are completely different. Fear is negative excitement, choking your imagination. Real excitement produces an energy that overcomes apprehension and makes you want to close in on your goal.