I like to go to anybody else's birthday, and if I'm invited I'm a good guest. But I never celebrate my birthdays. I really don't care.
Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun.
I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying.
People dance at any age.
I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself.
My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War.
The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep.
Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind.
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.
Dances have a second and third life. You feel they are never ready. They always have a chance for another life.
No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.
You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.
When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.
I was very restless. I really wanted to be a part of a kind of a progressive society. I was fed up with these Communist doctrines and you were hassled all the time with members of the Party committee...
I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.
People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience.
A country like Belgium, or socialist countries in central Europe spend more money on art education than the United States, which is a really puzzling thought.