There Is A Certain Amount Of Pornography

I Didn't Want To Move Or Act Like A Rich Man. I Wanted To Dance In A Pair Of Jeans. I Wanted To Dance Like The Man In The Streets.

I Don't Understand The Whole Concept Of Doubles. They Used To Do That In The Early Sound Films In Hollywood, But I Thought We Had Gotten Rid Of That. Now Not Only Do You Have Doubles, But As In Flashdance, You Have Triples, Quadruples. From My Point Of View It Is Bad For The Art.

I Wanted To Invent Some Kind Of American Dance That Was Danced To The Music That I Grew Up On: Cole Porter And Rodgers And Hart And Irving Berlin. So I Evolved A Style That Certainly Didn't Catch On Right Away - But I Had Some Good Mentors In New York Who Encouraged Me.

I Never Played A Rich Man, I Never Played A Prince. And To Play A Sailor Or Longshoreman You Had To Make Your Dance More Eclectic And Varied, But Still Keep It Indigenous To Your Nationality, Upbringing, And Background.

I Think Twyla [tharp] Has A Lot To Say. The Great Thing About Twyla Is That She Continues To Explore.