Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.

Talent will only take you so far, and it is your ability to feel the music and explore a movement that will bring you the greatest pleasure in dance.

Friday night is our date night. We really carve out time for each other.

You're terrified that nothing will ever give you the fulfillment that dancing has given you.

In my life, there have always been people who guided my path, towards the school, towards this company. I didn't know about any of it. I didn't have a plan. It's good fortune and generosity from other people that have given me all I have today.

Canadians are very proud of me, of my career.

Dancers, like all performing artists, like nothing better than to be challenged.

Even if I had nothing to do with the Canada Council, I'd be praying for it.

I know how demanding the process of creation is.

I really felt it was time for a new vision.

I want to leave this company in the best possible shape.

In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for excitement.

It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.

Like everyone else, I want to go on dancing forever, but I know the day is going to come when I will have to be doing something else.

The arts are an integral part of the city's economic progress.

The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.

There's nothing like the force and challenge of a new ballet to galvanize everyone involved in bringing it to life.

Treasure the things about you that make you different and unique.

We have a renewed energy and vigor in our supporters and we are no longer so frightened about the future.

What's a dancer's worst enemy? Sometimes it's age, but sometimes it's the dancer themselves.