I do believe God inspired and worked on everyone's heart. Laurieann Gibson More Quotes by Laurieann Gibson More Quotes From Laurieann Gibson I personally love to run outdoor fitness trails. I love the meditative value I get when out alone, challenging myself to run faster and higher. Laurieann Gibson challenging-myself challenges running The only thing that I have is the truth, so the only thing I fear is a lie. Laurieann Gibson lying Back in the early days like for the Temptations, Supremes and Four Tops, artist development was alive in record companies. Every artist had a moment to develop the record visually. When the web took over and camera phones, it stripped the artists of the power to figure it out. So there's a need to bridge that gap and that's my job. Laurieann Gibson phones artist jobs A choreographer deals with the movement that you create, and with a creative director it's about the story, the stage, the lighting, the costuming, executing someone's idea, choosing how far to go or how little to go, and blending it so that you feel it, you're emotionally effected. Laurieann Gibson creative directors ideas I'm a tough coach, but on the other side of that is me telling them to go all out, "because you're great, because I don't want you to fail, because you were born to do this and you have a dream." Laurieann Gibson dream sides want I'm born originally in Toronto, and I have what I call my 'Fame' story. I took a Greyhound bus and went to Alvin Ailey and received Dunham, Horton, Graham technique there, but I could never take my eyes off of Balanchine doing 'Nutcracker'; to me he's the best who ever did it. Laurieann Gibson technique eye stories 'Saturday Night Fever,' Paula Abdul, 'Fame,' Debbie Allen... all affected me and the generation before me. Laurieann Gibson fever generations night 'Born This Way' is shaping up to be creative ecstasy. Laurieann Gibson born creative way I was very disenchanted in the industry for a long time before I met GaGa. Everyone wanted a "Single Ladies" for their artist, or a Puffy move. Laurieann Gibson artist long moving You are absolutely enough the way you are. Laurieann Gibson enough way Artist development is something that I've been passionate about from my days at Uptown and Motown Records. Laurieann Gibson uptown passionate artist For me, a dancer is part of an artist’s entertainment - “backup dancer” isn’t even in my vocabulary. Laurieann Gibson dancer vocabulary artist Everyone has the notion that hip-hop is messy and loose, but there's also another level to it. Laurieann Gibson hips hip-hop levels I dance but I also work out. I run, do strength training... you name it. I've got to! Laurieann Gibson work-out names running I think that there was a fad where everyone said, "I want you to create a signature step for my artist." The thing is, for me, music creates the step. The artist commands the step, you know? Laurieann Gibson artist want thinking One of the basic ways to avoid injury is to always make sure to stretch and warm up your body. This will loosen up your muscles, which will help to avoid common strain injuries such as shin splints and ankle strains. Laurieann Gibson ankles body way I believe it's extremely important to include some other type of fitness activity in your training, so cross training will help you to avoid injury when you are dancing. Laurieann Gibson training dancing believe I was obsessed with Chubby Checker and old dances, like the twist. Laurieann Gibson twists obsessed People were being so mean as a result of my ability - a gift, really. So I think that's what makes me fight harder to provide an option to aspiring kids or artists. I wouldn't want anyone to go through what I went through... to see a little girl or a little dancer experience such unnecessary rejection. Laurieann Gibson girl mean kids She's like a Barbie, then she wants to be a superhero, or coming out of a spaceship and everything's pink. She makes a certain move that's ghetto hood mixed with a little robot so its like I'm evolving Nicki Minaj and developing her style. She's fearless, and I love her. Laurieann Gibson pink hood style love
