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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.
I look at the dancers and I get the inspiration for the work from them.
Every act I see, their whole act is choreographed. I'm sick of seeing these dancers. The only reason they have them is they don't have enough talent to get people dancing themselves.
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 wouldn't say that I am one of the greatest dancers, but I am really quite good at what I do.
I find that dancers are only well trained in ballet these days.
When you dance, it takes a lot of stamina, but it never seemed like work 'cause I was doing something that I so loved doing. It was always a joy. And you know, to have beautiful ballets made specially for you is such an honor. I always said it was better than diamonds.
Who cares if somebody dances better? Doing my very best is rewarding internally.
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.
Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already.