Dance Is One Of The Most Revealing

The Russian People Get So Insanely Close To Each Other As Friends. Their Lives Are Interrelated So Much On An Everyday Basis.

I Fell In Love With New York. It Was Like Every Human Being, Like Any Relationship. When I Was A Young New Yorker, It Was One City. When I Was A Grown Man, It Was Another City. I Worked With Many Dance Organizations And Many Wonderful People. In The '90s, It Became Kind Of A Hard And Unwelcoming City In Many Ways. It Became Conservative, Like The Whole Country.

Now There Is In A Way A Renaissance Of Modern Dance - Suddenly, It Is More Respected And Discovered.

My Father Was A Party Member And He Was A Pretty High Rank Military Officer Under The Colonel, Junior Colonel, I Don't Know The Term. He Was A Total Stalinist. A Bit With A Streak Of Anti-semitism And Very Shrewd Man, A Very Kind Of Nervous Man.

Nothing Is Ever Too Expensive If It Furthers The Repertoire And Artistic Standards Of A Dance Company.