Laurieann Gibson
Laurieann Gibson
Laurieann Gibsonis a Canadian choreographer, director, television personality, singer and dancer. She has choreographed dance numbers for musical artists such as Michael Jackson, Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga and Beyonce. Her music video directing credits include "Judas", "You and I" and "Love to My Cobain"...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionChoreographer
Date of Birth14 July 1969
CityToronto, Canada
CountryCanada
artist vocabulary dancer
For me, a dancer is part of an artist's entertainment - 'backup dancer' isn't even in my vocabulary.
artist passionate records
Artist development is something that I've been passionate about from my days at Uptown and Motown Records.
way enough
You are absolutely enough the way you are.
moving artist long
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.
believe heart inspired
I do believe God inspired and worked on everyone's heart.
creative way born
'Born This Way' is shaping up to be creative ecstasy.
night fever generations
'Saturday Night Fever,' Paula Abdul, 'Fame,' Debbie Allen... all affected me and the generation before me.
lying
The only thing that I have is the truth, so the only thing I fear is a lie.
dream want sides
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."
ideas creative stories
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.
running challenges challenging-myself
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.
jobs artist phones
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.
award behind dancer goes realize videos
'The Dance Scene' is just a real look at what it takes. You see the award shows. You see the videos and you never realize what goes on behind the scenes. The reality and the preparation. The motivation I have to give each dancer on that set.
amazing basically creative dance follows maintain
'The Dance Scene' is basically the most amazing dance show in the world, and it follows me as a creative director. You see how I maintain that creativity.