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What is true of ballet is no less true of the other lively arts. Change is built into their natures. You watch a performance, and then... it's gone.

Ballet is sort of a mystery to me. And I don't want to unravel that mystery.

In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.

I am passionate about ballet.

At least in my performances, the audience has become so diverse in a way that I don't think ballet has ever experienced.

Russians are very discerning about ballet. They're very opinionated about what classical ballet is.

I love ballet because you can see how beautiful the body is.

I find that dancers are only well trained in ballet these days.

Ballet is an incredibly difficult, beautiful art form that takes a lot of training, a lot of time, and a lot of hard work.

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