Ballet's image of perfection is fashioned amid a milieu of wracked bodies, fevered imaginations, Balkan intrigue and sulfurous hatreds where read more

Ballet's image of perfection is fashioned amid a milieu of wracked bodies, fevered imaginations, Balkan intrigue and sulfurous hatreds where anything is likely, and dancers know it.

The language of the body is the key that can unlock the soul.

The language of the body is the key that can unlock the soul.

The foyer at Covent Garden looks like Harrods food hall has offered up its dead

The foyer at Covent Garden looks like Harrods food hall has offered up its dead

When I was a little kid, I took tap and ballet. I've always loved to dance. I'm a rhythm machine.

When I was a little kid, I took tap and ballet. I've always loved to dance. I'm a rhythm machine.

One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing.

One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing.

If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession.

If you want a bourgeois existence, you shouldn't be an actor. You're in the wrong profession.

If ballet were easy, they'd call it football

If ballet were easy, they'd call it football

Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.

Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.

In my finest moment, when all of my fantastic dreams have come true...I will be utterly and completely alone.

In my finest moment, when all of my fantastic dreams have come true...I will be utterly and completely alone.