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I like to express myself inside of the work that is given, and I let the dancers do the same.

Dancers work and they work and they work, and they master their skills so far that improvisation just comes flowing out of them. Their natural expression of the best they can possibly be comes out of them because there is no boundary to hold them back... That's the mentality that I'm trying to create, recreate and hold on to forever.

I actually build my dreams around the dancers I've got in my company.

Dancers are a work of art - they are the canvas on which their work is painted.

I like to be around dancers who are totally committed to the art form, totally committed to the men and women around them.

Dancers can get to see almost everything now. When I used to go into companies to make a piece, the dancers had hardly ever seen my work. Now they can watch it on YouTube. It means they're much faster at picking up material.

I always want to have more dancers in my company.

They improve greatly, and sometimes I go and see the performances they do and I am consciously aware that there isn't enough work for the good dancers.

I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.

Some people are painters, and some are ballet dancers, and I'm a writer.