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

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

Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great.

I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent.

We get into ruts when we run with the first idea that pops into our head, not the last one.

What I do remember is visualization of the sound of music, seeing bodies in movement in relation to how music sounded, because my mother practiced at the keyboard a lot and I also went to her lessons. As a two year old, three year old I remember seeing things in movement.

The art of these Fifties movies was in sustaining forever the moment before sex.