Substrate

You can’t change the time of the body. It needs time to get into something, and it will do things at its own pace. That in itself is a radical statement in the world we live in, where everything’s changing at an insane pace. When I started contemporary dance, my teacher was making us dance away from [the mirror]. Then you realize, it was all about my feelings within what I do, that is the key answer to dancing, and not what I look like. It’s funny—I can have that love for someone else, but I also have to find the strength [to give] that love for myself. I did that for other choreographers, too—just write them, tell them, “The reason why I love your work is this, this, this and this.” And I found choreographers like that. First, it’s very nice when someone tells you I like you—it’s a bit like the beginning of a good date.