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" It's probably what I'm most interested in as a choreographer: how I can alter and shift and develop the structure of a piece and of the space. "

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" American ballet... is ultimately an evolutionary art form, requiring many voices to creatively carry forward. "

" The future of ballet is really in the hands of the creators, so if it's something that interests them to push the envelope with gender roles, then I think it will change. But if that's not of interest to a dance-maker, if their interest is to sort of preserve the way things have been done for the past 200 years, then nothing is going to change. "

" I think that story ballets, as great as they might sell, they're a really dated and awkward medium to tell stories through. I think there needs to be an updated or different approach to storytelling in dance. There needs to be less of a separation between the storytelling and the dancing. "

" The idea of having a narrative guiding the viewer through and grasping their attention is a really compelling thing. "

" For me, the choreography always comes from the music. "

" There needs to be more encouragement and support for women - at an impressionable age - to explore that choreographic side of their brains. "

" Balanchine was just able to strike the balance between literal narrative and abstract dance. "

" My philosophy on choreography is that the making of a ballet is a team effort, and we're in this together. It's not me hammering on them. It's more about how we can elevate this piece collectively to something great. "

" It's amazing what a resource modern technology is now for making ballets, and I film my rehearsals almost every day. "

" I think it's interesting for people to be exposed to ballet in areas they wouldn't necessarily expect to see it. "

" It's very difficult to switch back and forth between running rehearsals and then stepping in to dance in rehearsals as a dancer. Just to switch hats in an instant can be a little bit jarring, mostly physically, on the body. "

" Ballet dancers are among the greatest living athletes. "

" When I'm making a new ballet, I usually read through the score a little bit, and then I have to go back and translate or transcribe all the counts for dancers because the way that you hear it is completely different from the way the musicians read and play it. "

" I think ballet is pretty open about what music is used, actually. "

" My grandfather James Peck was a civil rights activist. "

" I grew up going on vacations with my family to New York every summer, and it's something that I always looked forward to. They'd take me to theater and shows and interesting restaurants, so I was genuinely really excited to move there. "

" My intention is to make sure that the new work being created for the ballet world is relevant. "

" There is a clearing for new creative thought in choreography. I don't feel intimidated; there is a lot I can do that is new or innovative or different. "

" I've always felt that Balanchine is my ultimate teacher. I learn the most from observing his work and also dancing in it. "

" It's time for there to be roles in the ballet where two men can fall in love, and a woman can lead a company of 20 dancers that include both men and women. "

" There's an innate feeling when I choreograph in juxtaposition to how I feel as a dancer. When I choreograph, I never really look into the mirror. But as dancers, we always check ourselves in the mirror. I do feel that when I choreograph, I am making a dance on my own body. Much of it is my own response to the music. "

" It's expensive to get studio space and dancers. My whole first three years, I was sneaking around in the studios and getting kicked out of them. It was kind of depressing. "

" It's nice to have the support and infrastructure to do what I want creatively. That's kind of a rare thing to find. "

" I always feel that the mark of a good ballet is that when you see it more than once, you get more out of it. "

" I think ballet has a bad reputation of being stuffy and depleted. "

" I've always thought of the process of creating ballets as being this kind of team effort. It's not like being a painter, where you have your paint, and you have canvas, and you just go at it. I'm working with these living, breathing, functioning human beings, and they have their own thoughts and ideas about what works well movement-wise. "

" My choreography is very classically based. "

" I love seeing New York City Ballet from the fourth ring, just seeing the architecture of how these bodies move from above. "

" Balanchine is the number one influence for me. His work was really musically driven. He and Jerome Robbins were the ones who really showed me that dance could be about the inner relation between movement and music. When I was a student first seeing their work, I was like, 'Oh, this is a thing?' "

" Chicago is amazing. "