I walk into a large white room. It's a dance studio in midtown Manhattan. The room is clean, virtually spotless if you don’t count the thousands of skid marks and footprints left there by dancers rehearsing. Other than the mirrors, the boom box, the skid marks, and me, the room is empty.

When it all comes together, a creative life has the nourishing power we normally associate with food, love and faith.

There's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter.

I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.

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

The more you know, the better you can imagine.

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.