"It's not just for its influence on us, but to know that we can play a part in it, to understand the influence that we have outside our own existence."

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"It's not just for its influence on us, but to know that we can play a part in it, to understand the influence that we have outside our own existence."

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"On the other hand in London you can get an audience that desires dance to go as far as it can go: they've seen the bricks of ideas built over a period so therefore there is an acceptance of what otherwise might seem out on a limb."

Dance

"One of our problems is our sense of discipline - dancers have an extraordinary sense of self-discipline."

Discipline

"We're talking about people who've already got 3-4, if not 5-6 years' experience or more, and it's about trying to help professionals develop, using us as a resource for that development."

Experience

"Then I came in twice a week - for my own enjoyment as well as to be a guide. And then we started to apply some of the splinters of the ideas back into the piece."

Ideas

"The first 2 weeks, they didn't learn the piece - they went through the process of how the piece was made."

First

"Independent dance - and, fine, it's a very good thing that it remains independent - is a much tougher life: all dancers expect that, and accept that there will be periods of not being able to work, provided there are choice moments during the year when they really can work."

Work

"They should be working, and there isn't enough work."

Work

"We could ask artists from abroad to come in too, so that there could be a mixing and matching of skills from Europe, America and here which would widen our world."

America

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Experience

"Well, it's not full time - my dancers are only paid for six months of the year in two three-month blocks; but yes, it is possible we could do it in another year."

Time