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" Dance is the most fundamental of all art forms. "

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" My favorite audience is everybody. I worked in a drive-in theater from the time I was 8 years old until I went to college, and I'm accustomed to everybody can buy a ticket and everybody should be taken into account. "

" I've always found it necessity to strip away everything but the most fundamental ways to work - the rest is style. "

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