Debbie Allen
Debbie Allen
Deborrah Kaye "Debbie" Allenis an American actress, dancer, choreographer, television director, television producer, and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. She is perhaps best known for her work on the 1982 musical-drama television series Fame, where she portrayed dance teacher Lydia Grant, and served as the series' principal choreographer. She currently portrays Catherine Avery on Grey's Anatomy. She is the younger sister of actress/director/singer Phylicia Rashad...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChoreographer
Date of Birth16 January 1950
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
The first thing that goes into shooting a scene is understanding what's on the page.
The look of the movie has a kind a muted tone to it at first, and then we introduce color to it as we go along.
I loved that they were real people living in the time of the Harlem Renaissance. The story was rich with culture and character.
There was too much to absorb. So we had about an 8-day rehearsal, a lot for a movie of this nature.
In places in the world where we don't speak the same language, or even understand that we pray to the same God, we dance to the same beat, that is the ONE.