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

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" I'm really interested in working with groups. It's a very simple thing for me, and if I'm given the option to work with two people or 10 or 20 people, I'm going to take 10 or 20. I just think there's so much more I can do with that. "

" I never intended to dance in my own work, but we did what had to be done. "

" If I get a commission, it's like a flood of creative thought and energy. "

" Pressure feels sort of normal to me. "

" 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. "

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

" Chicago is amazing. "

" I'm trying to create ballets that I would enjoy seeing. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm not a very good dancer. My feet don't point far enough; my extension is embarrassing. Dance, for me, has been hard because it's a strive for perfection. "

" George Balanchine is my role model because his work is so varied. You can see two ballets of his and not even realize that they are by the same choreographer. "

" I would love to work with Joanna Newsom on a ballet. I think that would be amazing. She has a gift for orchestrating and composing, and I think she would be really engaging to work with. "

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

" To me, dance and ballet are not so accessible. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I like graceful and elegant partnering that gives an illusion of ease instead of emphasizing difficulty. I don't want to make something 'contemporary' or 'trendy,' because ballet doesn't progress on one track: it can branch out in many directions, and as Balanchine showed, there's always room for pure classicism and more subtle alterations of it. "

" 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. "

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

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

" When I saw 'Hamilton,' there was so much information so fast, I had to keep up with it. I find that quality in art exhilarating. "

" I really enjoyed watching a ballerina named Denise Dabrowski who used to dance at California Ballet. She was a beautiful ballerina and role model for a lot of young dancers. "

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

" I feel like there is a different, new energy when I collaborate with a living artist, whether it be a composer, designer, lighting designer. I love that process. "

" 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. "

" There's something refreshing about going to work with a different group of dancers. There are different ways of moving, different ways in which the institution functions. There's a contrast from place to place, so the variety and the experience of working in a different place feeds me. "