I think energy is the most important thing that we can give to people as performers. Anything else is a little bit pretentious. But energy is not.

In the present age when communication is so rapid, we should create a different tradition, traditions are created everyday. Five years now is like 100 years before. We are living in a society that has no history. There’s no precedent for this kind of society so we can break the old patterns.

Smile to the future and it will smile back to you

When you burn the chair, you suddenly realize that the chair in your mind did not burn or disappear

I think that there is a sort of spiritual power that is translating into our bodies as we perform. Performers give, and giving is so important. It can heal. That is my experience, anyway.

I want to incite people to loosen their oppression by giving them something to work with, to build on. They shouldn't be frightened of creating themselves - that's why I make things very open, with things for people to do.

I never thought I would go into the dance charts.