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Without my husband's costumes I wouldn't have known how to accomplish what I saw in my own mind's eyes for choreography. And then seeing our choreography and knowing the background of it I am sure helped my husband a great deal with what he designed for us.

Choreography is writing on your feet.

It was amazing that during rehearsals, without any of the costume on, the character was there complete. It just happened. Half the time, I didn't know I was doing it.

It's weird when you see pieces of choreography that were done for you 15 or 20 years ago and now they are being done by another dance company.

In the beginning, when you're acting in amateur theater and off-Broadway, it was unheard of that anyone else would get your costume. And it was important to get a good costume. You put time into that.

Then came the choreography... the impact of music and choreography tends to really emphasize an overall feeling of what you really want out of the program.

It is a process of finding the right music then planning a costume to fit that style of music.

I wish I could blame it on the choreography, but it's not a musical. I just had a clumsy moment.

I danced with Jacques d'Amboise. At that time, he was the tallest man in the company. So it was a different kind of choreography. It was lyrical.

Just let the wardrobe do the acting.