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"I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography."
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"We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom and Jerry. I was Jerry."

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"Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important."

"To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what you're doing in life-in my case, dancing."

"I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting."

"I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey."

"The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an everyday basis."

"I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people."
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