When They Do Let Them Sustain On

First Of All, Break-dancing Has Been Done For Years, Though Not All Of It Put Together The Way It Is Now. But, Actually, The Distinctions Have Been Blurring Since The 1950s.

My Mother Had Gotten A Job As A Receptionist At A Dancing School And Had The Idea That We Should Open Our Own Dancing School; We Did, And It Prospered.

I Never Played A Rich Man, I Never Played A Prince. And To Play A Sailor Or Longshoreman You Had To Make Your Dance More Eclectic And Varied, But Still Keep It Indigenous To Your Nationality, Upbringing, And Background.

Kids Talk To Me And Say They Want To Do Musicals Again Because They've Studied The Tapes Of The Old Films. We Didn't Have That. We Thought Once We Had Made It, Even On Film, It Was Gone Except For The Archives.

If I Played A Tough Kid On The Street I Couldn't Go Out There And Get Into Fifth Position. I Had To Dance Like A Tough Kid On The Street.