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.

The more you fail in private, the less you will fail in public.

Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft.

My greatest fear in working is always the end. Lately I have taken to tricking myself into finishing by leaving a hole in the middle somewhere, then stitching the two pieces together - the Union Pacific approach.

Dance has never been a particularly easy life, and everybody knows that.

It's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.

Dance is the stepchild of the arts.