I don't know where we are right now because it seems to me some of the decisions the government is making are blocking that aspect instead of improving it. We certainly need to improve it because the dancers we train—and we train them as full persons, educated and artistic—learn to pay attention to the world they are in. It's more necessary than ever that we can really understand this moving world. I think we should increase the capacity for us to work with partnerships internationally.
On May 25th, 2015. See this statement in context.