A lot of people insisted on a wall between modern dance and ballet. I'm beginning to think that walls are very unhealthy things.

What we want from modern dance is courage and audacity.

When I look at the people who are the guiding figures in modern dance, I think, 'This does not look to me like the way I want to spend my days.'

I would have to challenge the term, modern dance. I don't really use that term in relation to my work. I simply think of it as dancing. I think of it as moving.

I used to dance when I was younger - ballet and modern dance.

The eternal and uneasy relationship between ballet and modern dance endures, but radically altered in tone and intensity.