Dancers are made, not born.

Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already.

You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to take everyday classes.

I found that dance, music, and literature is how I made sense of the world... it pushed me to think of things bigger than life's daily routines... to think beyond what is immediate or convenient.

The body cannot lie. You cannot be somebody else onstage, no matter how good of an actor or dancer or singer you are. When you open your arms, move your finger, the audience knows who you are, you know.

My life has been immensely enriched by gay mentors, colleagues and friends, and any discrimination and persecution of gay people is unacceptable.