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

In those days, male dancers were a rarer breed than women. as they are still today, A good male dancer, one as strong as we were, was very difficult to come by if you couldn't afford to pay them.

I feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody.

I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot.

There's this expression called postmodernism, which is kind of silly, and destroys a perfectly good word called modern, which now no longer means anything.

Our ability to grow is directly proportional to an ability to entertain the uncomfortable.

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