For starters, the evening recalls again that there is no single way to dance Balanchine.

The lesson is that there is no one way to dance Balanchine.

To say that there is no single way to dance Balanchine does not mean that his basic premises can be betrayed.

There are many ways to dance Balanchine as long as his basic principles regarding musicality and the use of technique to express content as well as form are not betrayed.

"When you're dancing Balanchine, Ashton or Robbins, you can't help absorbing them into yourself, but I'd never be so presumptuous as to say I was in the same mold."

It was very hard on my body at first to change that, but I wanted to dance Balanchine and Robbins, so I adapted.

It's dancing Balanchine that makes a Balanchine ballerina.

That there are many ways to dance Balanchine has always been true, but not always recognized.

There is no need for another company to dance Balanchine.

She explained that although she had danced Balanchine before, it was a special privilege to do so at the State Theater, where he worked.