The relationship between the audience and the dancers goes through many different stages. Someone seeing my work for the first time may or may not pick up on that.

I use geometric and mathematical ideas to organize material, but those are tools. The purpose of the work is not to expose that at all, but to arrive at some kind of expressiveness.

If the simple positions of ballet are demonstrated straight on, they seem quite dull and lifeless, but when put on a diagonal, they begin to take on all kinds of possibilities.

I no longer need to have what I see as the surface of the dance so connected to the underlying structure.

The diagonal gives a three-dimensional feeling to dancers that cannot be achieved when they are only front and back. On the diagonal, more movement is automatically visible.

I think dancing is an emotional experience.

I do not like to be thought of as avant-garde or some kind of didactic artist.

I disagree with the idea that modern dancers are cold or unemotional.

I am just a choreographer, and I am trying to make productions, not dance concerts.

I do not like a haphazard connection between the dances and the music.

A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over specific events could upset the harmony of the universe.

Resistance is the subtlest form of attachment.

Social capital may turn out to be a prerequisite for, rather than a consequence of, effective computer-mediated communication.

Strip it all down to essentials and draw the hell out of what's left.

Of two evils, choose neither.

Anywhere, anytime, I'd sacrifice the finest nuance for a laugh, the most elegant trope for a smile.

Giving appreciations, praise, and gratitudes feels good and puts good vibes in the environment.

I've always loathed rich people, so I've become who I've loathed, which makes it doubly difficult, if you can follow me.

I think it's really hard to understand the depths and the power of the love that someone has for their children unless you really have children.

If Ryan Giggs is worth £20 million, Dennis Bergkamp is worth £100 million