The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep..

Divinity of art, it's such a mystery. How to convince people that no matter how much money you can spend on education and art education especially, t….

The more injuries you get, the smarter you get..

When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are..

I found that dance, music, and literature is how I made sense of the world... it pushed me to think of things bigger than lifes daily routines... to ….

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself..

Just sit and open your eyes and open your heart. It's dance theater..

It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity, making an earnest attempt..

A country like Belgium, or socialist countries in central Europe spend more money on art education than the United States, which is a really puzzling….

No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business..

Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun..

Dance is an ephemeral, a fleeting art. To describe this momentum, every movement on stage, in words is virtually impossible..

I don't go to a gym, I don't do yoga. I don't do personal training..

When I see people on the street, I look at how they walk. It's like a signature, a fingerprint..

Perfection is a theory. You cannot be a perfect human being, perfect artist. You cannot be a perfect husband, you cannot be a perfect father probably….

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. I….

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….

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 interestin….

No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything..

There comes a moment in a young artist's life when he knows he has to bring something to the stage from within himself. He has to put in something in….

When a dancer comes onstage, he is not just a blank slate that the choreographer has written on. Behind him he has all the decisions he has made in ….