I am different because I have better schooling, better understanding of the line, gesture, how feet working, positions. They taught me modern things... and I wanted to give what I had: my schooling.

Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.

Because my profession is the body, it is a relaxation for me to get out of physicality and concentrate on more mental things.

I may be no better, but at least I am different.

I think often that God is guiding me.

Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.