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Choreographer Quotes

Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays Picture Quote #1

I’m not a good choreographer: I can’t remember what I put down Picture Quote #1

Working on a play is a vibrant and collaborative business. Everyone from the choreographer to the music director to the director to the writers work together toward the same goal, and everyone chimes in on everything Picture Quote #1

Afro-Caribbean influences are in me as a creative being the same way Spanish influences were in Picasso’s work. I think the notion of labels - black dancer, black choreographer -is a ploy to divide and conquer, and to limit Picture Quote #1

Martha Graham, along with George Balanchine, is one of the two commanding figures in 20th-century American dance. For those much younger than I am, her genius as a performer will have to be taken on faith - and on the always-suspect evidence of film. What will last, if things go well, is her genius as a choreographer, as a woman of the theater Picture Quote #1

I didn’t grow up on dance class. I was always natural. I’ve been in the industry since I was eight and I’ve always had a choreographer since then. But I never really took ballet or anything like that Picture Quote #1

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I toured with Lady Gaga, and her choreographer is incredibly talented and develops some crazy routines. Lady Gaga is very involved in the dancing, too, and she always wants to have creative input. I had an incredible time with her! Picture Quote #1

I’m a very competitive person, and I always competed with myself. Every year, I’d take six weeks with my band, crew and choreographer to put a new show together. We’d spend eight hours per day, seven days per week putting a show together to beat the last year’s show Picture Quote #1

You open a section of ‘The New York Times,’ and there’s a review or a story on a choreographer or a dancer, and there’s an informative, clear image of a dancer. This is, in my view, not an interesting photograph Picture Quote #1

A good choreographer is one that’s going to collaborate, teach, guide - everything. The wonderful thing on ‘Brotherhood of the Wolf’ was that we had Philip Kwok - he choreographed John Woo’s ‘Hard Boiled,’ and in the 70s, he was a martial arts actor, stunt man, fighter, choreographer in Hong Kong Picture Quote #1

Melissa Barak, an ex-City Ballet dancer and sometime choreographer, has put together an unspeakably dopey and incompetent mess called ‘Call Me Ben,’ combining ultra-generic dance, terrible dialogue and disastrous storytelling, about the founding of Las Vegas by the gangster Bugsy Siegel, who insists, violently, on being addressed as ‘Ben.’ Picture Quote #1

I get into the studio and I try to make visible what’s in the choreographer’s mind. Sometimes a choreographer wants you to have an idea, and sometimes you are the idea Picture Quote #1

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The choreographer for the Milton Berle show wanted me to audition. I walked away from that Picture Quote #1

I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot Picture Quote #1

When preparing for a concert, I do lots of training. I work with a choreographer to create great moves and then I have to keep my voice strong with lessons Picture Quote #1

An action choreographer is kind of like a dance choreographer. You choreograph the moves and you let the director, cinematographer take into positioning their cameras Picture Quote #1

Every film, every fight choreographer, wants to have a different flair, have a different fight technique. So any film I’ve done that involved weapons has always been fascinating because everyone is different Picture Quote #1

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Sure, I could give advice; I could, say, travel the world, listen to music. But all I can really say is do something you want to do and do it well. And if you want to be a choreographer, then you have to make dances Picture Quote #1

I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission, and that’s what I set out to do Picture Quote #1

We must first realize that dancing is an absolutely independent art, not merely a secondary accompanying one. I believe that it is one of the great arts... The important thing in ballet is the movement itself. A ballet may contain a story, but the visual spectacle... is the essential element. The choreographer and the dancer must remember that they reach the audience through the eye. It’s the illusion created which convinces the audience, much as it is with the work of a magician Picture Quote #1

The choreographer cannot deliberately make a ballet to appeal to an audience, he has to start from personal inspirations. He has to trust the ballet, to let it stand on its own strengths or fall on its weaknesses. If it reaches the audience, then he is lucky that round! Picture Quote #1

From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker Picture Quote #1

You get used to working with one choreographer. You kind of get stuck in that vein and you work your way out of it, picking up someone else’s style, their flavor. It takes a bit of time Picture Quote #1

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Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays (Choreographer Quotes) I’m not a good choreographer: I can’t remember what I put down (Choreographer Quotes) Working on a play is a vibrant and collaborative business. Everyone from the choreographer to the music director to the director to the writers work together toward the same goal, and everyone chimes in on everything (Choreographer Quotes) Afro-Caribbean influences are in me as a creative being the same way Spanish influences were in Picasso’s work. I think the notion of labels - black dancer, black choreographer -is a ploy to divide and conquer, and to limit. (Choreographer Quotes) Martha Graham, along with George Balanchine, is one of the two commanding figures in 20th-century American dance. For those much younger than I am, her genius as a performer will have to be taken on faith - and on the always-suspect evidence of film. What will last, if things go well, is her genius as a choreographer, as a woman of the theater. (Choreographer Quotes) I didn’t grow up on dance class. I was always natural. I’ve been in the industry since I was eight and I’ve always had a choreographer since then. But I never really took ballet or anything like that. (Choreographer Quotes) I toured with Lady Gaga, and her choreographer is incredibly talented and develops some crazy routines. Lady Gaga is very involved in the dancing, too, and she always wants to have creative input. I had an incredible time with her! (Choreographer Quotes) I’m a very competitive person, and I always competed with myself. Every year, I’d take six weeks with my band, crew and choreographer to put a new show together. We’d spend eight hours per day, seven days per week putting a show together to beat the last year’s show. (Choreographer Quotes) You open a section of ‘The New York Times,’ and there’s a review or a story on a choreographer or a dancer, and there’s an informative, clear image of a dancer. This is, in my view, not an interesting photograph. (Choreographer Quotes) A good choreographer is one that’s going to collaborate, teach, guide - everything. The wonderful thing on ‘Brotherhood of the Wolf’ was that we had Philip Kwok - he choreographed John Woo’s ‘Hard Boiled,’ and in the 70s, he was a martial arts actor, stunt man, fighter, choreographer in Hong Kong. (Choreographer Quotes) Melissa Barak, an ex-City Ballet dancer and sometime choreographer, has put together an unspeakably dopey and incompetent mess called ‘Call Me Ben,’ combining ultra-generic dance, terrible dialogue and disastrous storytelling, about the founding of Las Vegas by the gangster Bugsy Siegel, who insists, violently, on being addressed as ‘Ben.’ (Choreographer Quotes) I get into the studio and I try to make visible what’s in the choreographer’s mind. Sometimes a choreographer wants you to have an idea, and sometimes you are the idea (Choreographer Quotes) The choreographer for the Milton Berle show wanted me to audition. I walked away from that (Choreographer Quotes) I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot (Choreographer Quotes) When preparing for a concert, I do lots of training. I work with a choreographer to create great moves and then I have to keep my voice strong with lessons (Choreographer Quotes) I have maintained a low profile throughout my career but have always done things in my own unique way, be it dancing or dressing up. On the dance floor, I had my own unique steps and often had to lead my choreographer (Choreographer Quotes) An action choreographer is kind of like a dance choreographer. You choreograph the moves and you let the director, cinematographer take into positioning their cameras (Choreographer Quotes) Every film, every fight choreographer, wants to have a different flair, have a different fight technique. So any film I’ve done that involved weapons has always been fascinating because everyone is different (Choreographer Quotes) Sure, I could give advice; I could, say, travel the world, listen to music. But all I can really say is do something you want to do and do it well. And if you want to be a choreographer, then you have to make dances (Choreographer Quotes) I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission, and that’s what I set out to do (Choreographer Quotes) We must first realize that dancing is an absolutely independent art, not merely a secondary accompanying one. I believe that it is one of the great arts... The important thing in ballet is the movement itself. A ballet may contain a story, but the visual spectacle... is the essential element. The choreographer and the dancer must remember that they reach the audience through the eye. It’s the illusion created which convinces the audience, much as it is with the work of a magician (Choreographer Quotes) The choreographer cannot deliberately make a ballet to appeal to an audience, he has to start from personal inspirations. He has to trust the ballet, to let it stand on its own strengths or fall on its weaknesses. If it reaches the audience, then he is lucky that round! (Choreographer Quotes) From my experience as an actor, choreographer, action director, and producer, I understand the elements and the dynamics of being a film maker (Choreographer Quotes) You get used to working with one choreographer. You kind of get stuck in that vein and you work your way out of it, picking up someone else’s style, their flavor. It takes a bit of time (Choreographer Quotes)