The early giants of modern dance - Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis - barely left traces of their art.

The eternal and uneasy relationship between ballet and modern dance endures, but radically altered in tone and intensity.

What we want from modern dance is courage and audacity.

I used to dance when I was younger - ballet and modern dance.

Now there is in a way a renaissance of modern dance - suddenly, it is more respected and discovered.

If nobody comes to your shows, then it's modern dance. If everybody comes to your shows and no one likes it, is that ballet? I don't know.