Dancers, like all performing artists, like nothing better than to be challenged.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm obviously always interested in the dancer who's an athlete and vice versa. I expect dancers to be in condition like an athlete is and to challenge themselves in the same way, to the same physical degree.
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 look for dancers who have all the technique in the world. But they must be dancers who are open-minded, who are willing to forget that they know anything. They also have to be gorgeous; they must have a clear image of themselves and strong personalities.
Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
You tend to find the best in yourself as an artist when you're challenged.
I think, as an artist, it's very important to continue to be challenged and feel challenged all the time.
Modern dancers should be doing things no one else is doing, and it should come from the gut.
One of our problems is our sense of discipline - dancers have an extraordinary sense of self-discipline.
I like to be around dancers who are totally committed to the art form, totally committed to the men and women around them.
Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already.