"I didn't want to do a reduction. The score is fantastic. I really like the idea of going very small and something that was very fragile."
"This is not a show I would do with any other pianist other than Conrad."
"The shocking realities of being in movement all my life is that it is stillness where transformation really begins."
"Good ballet, just like any good art, comes not from the technical execution of it, but the transformation of that technical execution into depth, authenticity, beauty, humanity."
"As Burt and I warned each other, it's not a jukebox show. It's not get slightly drunk and sing along. Although you're welcome to, you know, if you do it quietly."
"My hope as we continue to foster the artwork in terms of the organization that Ballet Hispánico is poised to be a voice. At one time we were fighting to be at the table. Now we have to create the table and invite everyone to come in."
"I've always felt like you can understand the moment you're having in your life better when you're in conversation with people who are all at different moments in their lives."
"Are we in great relationship with the land that we occupy? Are we in the right relationship right now with everyone who has gathered? Maybe, maybe not."
"We watched those peaks and valleys happening and the reaction from them. And it was never to give up, to lay down and just let go. It was always to fight."
"It was important for me to not see Martha Graham. I really look for people who have developed their own voices and ask them to take inspiration from Martha Graham's ideas."