It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.
Usually, English personalities are difficult; they don't take criticism easily.
Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.
Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.
I am different because I have better schooling, better understanding of the line, gesture, how feet working, positions. They taught me modern things... and I wanted to give what I had: my schooling.
Because my profession is the body, it is a relaxation for me to get out of physicality and concentrate on more mental things.