Seeing 'Revelations' made me want to be a professional dancer.

I come from strong people who believe in the freedom of expression and, of course, a culture that believes in that. So the idea of overcoming adversity is something that is not unfamiliar.

There's a part of me that never felt my mother abandoned me. I always felt that she did the right thing.

My first professional relationship, I danced with the Parsons Dance Company, and David Parsons, my former boss, allowed me to choreograph on the company.

What I normally do before going on stage is pray - normally we do a group prayer with the crew or whoever is around, like our security guard, our tour manager and whoever else is back there and wants to pray with us.

My work unblocks people, and then I look at the work that they do, and I think, 'My God, how could they not have known they were talented? How could they not have known?'

I do believe that God has his hands on me and that he has work for me to do.

An institute run with such knavish imbecility that if it were not the work of God it would not last a fortnight.