I think the shape of our bodies has as much to do with the shape of our parents as it does with training.

Young dancers are training at a very vulnerable time in their lives... So train the whole person, not just the dancer.

I enjoy the freedom of modern dance as well as the constraints of classical dance.

Body language is a very powerful tool. We had body language before we had speech, and apparently, 80% of what you understand in a conversation is read through the body, not the words.

It's not about weight, it's about fitness, and one component of being fit is to have relatively low body fat, because fat is not very efficient, whereas muscle is.

It's not magic! It's physics. The speed of the turn is what keeps you upright. It's like a spinning top.

You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case.

At the moment I'm enjoying a new challenge at the Royal Opera House, but I'm also keen to pursue my interest in television and particularly in science.

People often argue about this. Obviously one of the skills in performance is acting, and you can't expect every Romeo to really be in love with their Juliet!

I've always believed that the facts about dancing are more interesting than the myths, and this was a great chance for me to explore how the human body does such incredible things.

A good dancer is an educated one, so dont abandon school.

Graduate study is an intensive education.

One never knows when one is going to get ambushed into learning something.

When I try to write I try to write something different every time. That's the challenge.

Everyone and everything is in some degree or other our teacher.

How acutely sometimes the presence or absence of people mattered

Blessed are the common people. God loves them; that is why he made millions of them.

You have to be responsible for the energy you're putting out into the world.

I saw a lot when I was young. The first time I got arrested I was twelve years old.

Fortify yourself against seductive eloquence.

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