I did gymnastics, I went to school, then I did homework. I missed out on a childhood.

Dance is the hidden language of the soul.

I am very thankful to the Royal Albert Hall for the opportunity to dance here; it's been a long hope of mine.

I go to bed really late - if I just sleep I won't have a life outside ballet.

Would I be happy just to be an actor? I don't think I would.

A few months ago, I was sure that I was going to stop dancing to become a good actor. But then when I was by myself for a week, I asked myself, What are you doing? You have that talent. Use it to the fullest.

It's true that I got a bit lost. But that was because I had grown up in a system where I never made my own decisions.

Some of my friends were going to dancing school and, when one of them was auditioning for a ballet school in Kiev, my mother saw an opportunity for me to do that, so we could move to a bigger, better city.

I couldn't come back to gymnastics because the floors were too dusty for my health.

It's not about being modern or classical or about being sexy: it's all about exchanging energies with the audience.