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

Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper preparation, I cannot see it, retain it, and use it.

Dance is the stepchild of the arts.

The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into language.

I do everything I know how in a dance.

I write. I have read a great deal. I enjoy books. I like the wit of languages. Even French I like. I like to be able to think in different modes. I like to be able to use the language a great deal and carry on rehearsals in French.

The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing.