Laurieann Gibson Quotes

The first dance performance I saw was Joffrey Ballet doing 'Billboards' to Prince.

There's nothing like the force and challenge of a new ballet to galvanize everyone involved in bringing it to life.

Sometimes you feel like people go, 'Oh, he just does funny dances,' or 'That's cute.' It drives me a little crazy when someone does a dance number where all they do is kick to their head for five minutes, and everyone's like, 'That choreography is amazing.' It takes a lot to choreograph a number that also gets laughs in it.

I enjoy being a choreographer.

Music is my life. I love doing it, so I just do it nonstop all day. And with dancing, I wanted to put on a show for people. I don't want to just be sitting there doing nothing, so that's when I started to dance.

The best thing about working on a movie with dancers is that we would get to have dance parties all the time!

I very much like dance and dancers.

Growing up as a dancer, the stage is really where I love to be performance wise.

Dancing is my passion. I started as a dancer.

I was a dancer and performer.

I was a dancer.

All of the vintage photos of Ballets Russes are so inspiring.

My genuine passion for dance was born watching Ballet Rambert perform Christopher Bruce's harrowing 'Ghost Dances.'

I used to be a dancer.

What's always interested me the most about ballet is it's this great opportunity for many different artistic mediums to come together to create a cohesive experience.

Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.

I wanted to be an Ailey dancer. I would watch Alvin Ailey videos over and over, and I'd picture myself doing that. I was obsessed with it.

The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage.

Backup dancers are completely respectable. They're the studio musicians of dance.

I love writing for dancers. You don't have to worry about the lyrics. I think to write words without music must be so frustrating. It must be always be so good, so perfect.

Obviously I always wanted to do a contemporary piece.

Dance is definitely what I love doing much more than anything else.

All ballet galas are unbearable, but they're unbearable in different ways.

Dance is very, very old. With Louis XIV at Versailles is where ballet started.

I would love to compose something for dance before I kick the bucket, and I'm not closed-minded about the dance, or the dance company.