I heard Joby Talbot's Hovercraft piece for orchestra and felt its immediate physical impact - visceral, unsettling, hungry and direct. These short fi….

Misbehave more beautifully; more often..

Choreography and creativity - it's my matrix; let's see where we can move..

I enjoy my work too much to force-feed myself with pressure..

'Entity' is not about science. The process behind it may dictate the nature of the piece, but it's not like a dance about Einstein where I'm trying t….

My influences change all the time; they have to remain current, because they're the things that capture your imagination and make you want to go into….

Unlike a lot of choreographers, I don't always start with the music. I often start with a visual artist, and then find music that fits the world of t….

I am now obsessed with the technology of the body. I think it's the most technologically literate thing that we have..

Dancers can get to see almost everything now. When I used to go into companies to make a piece, the dancers had hardly ever seen my work. Now they ca….

I've always been just as interested in making people think as I am in making them feel, and one of the things this scientific process allows me to do….

Everyone is always telling me that I must be exhausted, but I've learned how to use my time well, and that includes holidays to recharge. I always tr….

I listen to music all the time, and I just choose things I like, or things that I've not used before. Sometimes I work with music that's very difficu….

I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things th….

For me, choreography is a process of physical thinking. It's very much in mind as well as in body..

I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go..