John Tiffany Quotes

Do some work in the theater if you can. It is the best training you can get.

I have been into acting and direction, but choreography is my first love.

I would love to do a live show with dancers and fashion and scenic elements - definitely bring my love of the theater to a concert-style performance.

I used to rely too much on arrangements and production, things like dancers and explosions.

There was always dance in opera until people forgot to keep it going.

'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.

Directing is very close to choreography; you deal with space, time, emotions, lighting, making beautiful images.

Dance stories, unlike those in opera, are usually simple.

I was not influenced by concerts as a child, but I was very strongly influenced by the ballets I saw.

It's hard to incorporate dance into movies I think.

There were centuries when civilization had no theater.

All theater is dance.

I love Janet Jackson and her creative set design.

I love theater. You can't replicate the live format.

I enjoy being a choreographer.

I love putting on shows. I absolutely adore it - that's why I've been doing it now for so long.

Having trained as a dancer growing up, I love any dance related events.

To me, dance is so ethereal and elusive, so much of an illusion. After a performance, that's it. With vocals and music, you have good recordings.

All the things I do in my videos - the jumps, twirls and back bends - will also be onstage.

There are schools teaching 'stage decoration' as a subject, and they actually call it that. I say: 'Burn those schools!'

I always loved to dance and move. I probably should have been a mime or something like that.

I liked the structure of ballet.

I really developed an early love for ballet. Like most dancers, I am still 'first' a dancer. I'm very proud of it. Once you are a dancer, the physicality never leaves you, nor does the strength. Hopefully, it keeps you like an athlete.

My mom was in the chorus of 'Hello Dolly' and 'The Worldly Players'; my dad would build the set.

I still love to see the ballet. And I love to boogie.