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I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.
Nobody is born a dancer.
Working is living to me.
People dance at any age.
I cannot stand authority.
Dancers are made, not born.
I have the life of seven cats.
I - you know, I'm not an actor.
I read Russian literature a lot.
I've been hurt quite a few times.
Dancing is my obsession. My life.
Acting is not my language at all.
To walk across the street is a risk.
Running a company is pretty demanding.
You don't measure life by receiving awards.
I am teaching more. That is what I do best.
Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun.
Dance is one of the most revealing art forms.
What people will do to get away from boredom!
Your heart is very much connected to your mind.
The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.
I am not the first straight dancer or the last.
I don't try to dance better than anybody but myself.
I am a performer. I go on stage and make a fool of myself.
It's what's left in life, to work with interesting people.
I am not trying to do material which I cannot do full out.
Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity.
I was always interested in photography and other forms of art.
No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything.
To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices.
I don't go to a gym, I don't do yoga. I don't do personal training.
In the second part of life you get rid of stuff you've accumulated.
Just sit and open your eyes and open your heart. It's dance theater.
The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep.
In '74 it was really a very gloomy atmosphere, I would say, to put it mildly.
I gave away a lot of works for benefits and then people would also give me back.
We're trying to stretch our muscles creatively. It gives us so much more freedom.
My mother had a son from previous marriage and her husband died in Second World War.
I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people.
Choreographers use me as the old guy who still dances. Not that I put on white tights.
I would like to go and dance in Palestine one day, with great pleasure, great pleasure.
I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.
People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience.
I like the most provocative and most surprising partnerships on stage. Intensity and surprise.
No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.
When I see people on the street, I look at how they walk. It's like a signature, a fingerprint.
Astaire was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him.
I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant.
When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.
Now there is in a way a renaissance of modern dance - suddenly, it is more respected and discovered.
