I didn't go to a conservatoire, and I have certain low opinions of certain aspects of the conservatory experience..

Disney is thrilling and informative and important and beautiful and suspect. Butts was a detail I observed later and definitely ties in. I suppose I ….

I have a beautiful, big bathtub..

If nobody comes to your shows, then it's modern dance. If everybody comes to your shows and no one likes it, is that ballet? I don't know..

I have a fabulous life. It is interesting and rigorous. I work hard. So leave me alone. Watch my dust. Shut up..

Audiences don't want to see the kind of self-indulgent, boring dance that is so prevalent today..

I want people to look like people when they're dancing..

I can read music, but I have no technique, and singing was never an option even though I sang a lot growing up..

Sure, I could give advice; I could, say, travel the world, listen to music. But all I can really say is do something you want to do and do it well. A….

I teach class. I study music. I rehearse. I coach people. That's it. I'm doing exactly what I want..

Usually that's going into biology in a certain way. There's certain strengths and weaknesses to both of the sexes. And I'm not against employing thos….

No dance has ever turned out the way I thought it would, because I trust enough that I can start something with some ideas and then it takes itself s….

I build duets into bigger works. I like to see people working together. What we call a giant solo in my company is about four bars long while twenty ….

The one reason people don't take dance seriously is because a lot of choreographers don't take dance seriously..

I never eat standing up, I never eat in front of the refrigerator. I treat myself very formally with meals. I don't watch TV or read. It's a little b….

Sunday is a day of rest..

Some people only work to recorded music because it's so reliable and exactly the same every time, which is exactly why I don't..

As I have said before, dancing is for anyone, but not for everyone..

Here's the thing, I've been cooking more and more and I'm pretty good, the problem is I can only go out to restaurants that cook better than I do, th….

I love the way in which I make up dances. It's a complicated way and the product is usually clear. Clear and simple. I don't need everybody to know t….

There was always dance in opera until people forgot to keep it going..