Be. Good. To yourself, to other people, to everything you do. It’s a norm of life by which people should try to live. Don’t waste time. Be interesting and interested.
We’re trying to stretch our muscles creatively. It gives us so much more freedom.
I want to see people dance, and I would like to guess what kind of people they are. I don’t want to know the recipe for their pasta.
Working is living to me.
I think I got disappointed over the years about New York, about the States. You know, sometimes you go and visit Europe and see good old socialism in its good part! You see public concern about art, and young people’s participation and young faces in the audience.
If your only dance experience is the Nutcracker, it will be a shock; hopefully shocking in a good way.
What do dancers think of Fred Astaire? It’s no secret. We hate him. He gives us a complex because he’s too perfect. His perfection is an absurdity. It’s too hard to face.
The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep.
You don’t measure life by receiving awards.
When I’m alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.
To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices.
People dance at any age.
Just sit and open your eyes and open your heart. It’s dance theater.
Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun.
What brought me to the theater, no matter you’re a Jew or a Russian or Armenian or Latvian, are suddenly illuminated by stage light and one beautiful image of dance.
He is a male butterfly without the wings – the same kind of grace of a very young horse, so angular.
I adored my mother, and I will always have extraordinary memories about her and remember her, and she opened the doors for me to appreciate arts.
I am teaching more. That is what I do best.
To walk across the street is a risk.
Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company.