That's how you live. You participate. You take risks.

It's a false proposition that we have to take the arts away to fund something else.

Where a city is only focused on one aspect, it becomes a city without a soul, not a city people want to live in.

It's all about progression, not getting stuck and about having aspirations, which can lead you to do more and not just be satisfied. I was always that way about my dancing, and that's how I am about whatever it is I tend to pursue.

The retirement timing is always a tricky thing for a dancer. I think it's different for everyone. How you say goodbye to the thing you have really focused on that much is a tough one. I've always intended to leave in good shape, to exit on a high note.

Dance should mean something to you.