I think most artists are concerned with expressing what's going on in his or her place and time. This is one of the ways in which ballet was behind ... always recreating old work and building exclusive audiences.

I've always been drawn to all forms of dance. Coming to Princeton was [my] first exposure to actual training.

I think I was raised on all types of music. Of course there was the American pop music. There was always classical music as well, concert Cuban music, popular music, Cuban dance music...

I think it's time to do something different, to find an interesting theme that brings together artists from all over China and is of interest in the West.

The artists all wanted the time out chair, so we eliminated the other two and ordered more of what the artists liked.

It's not unusual for artists to request an audit of their record label accounts from time to time. Sometimes there are differences of opinion, especially when the record contracts are complex, and there may be issues of contractual interpretation.