People tell me I'm dancing better than ever. I don't know what happened, but I have new enthusiasm and more endurance.

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• Natalia Makarova:

  I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.

• Natalia Makarova:

  You cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way.

• Natalia Makarova:

  I recently learn a new word: insatiable. That's me.

• Natalia Makarova:

  I think often that God is guiding me.

• Natalia Makarova:

  All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.

• Natalia Makarova:

  It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've

• Natalia Makarova:

  I really feel sorry for new generation. It's hard to find backbone. I never had crisis of identity.

• Natalia Makarova:

  All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world.

• Natalia Makarova:

  Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my

• Natalia Makarova:

  Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.