Movement Composition Quotes

I can always invent movement, and sometimes it can be fitted into the right place, but that is not choreography. It is the music that dictates the whole shape of the work. I do not believe in the permanence of anything in ballet save the purely classical.

For me, choreography is a process of physical thinking. It's very much in mind as well as in body.

Choreography is simpler than you think. Just go and do, and don't think so much about it. Just make something interesting.

Choreography is amazing. I'm still a dancer, yet I transitioned into choreography then as a Creative Director. All of these creative elements are brought out of being a dancer. Directing is something that comes out of understanding movement and choreography. Directing movement is directing a dance piece.

Taking up the choreography for an awards night is completely different from choreographing a song for a film.

I don't think there is anything new left for me in choreography.

While dancing for me was fun, becoming a choreographer was not something I wanted to do.

I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission, and that's what I set out to do.

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.

There's a lot of thinking when you choreograph something. You're not just choreographing some bodies, arms, legs flying around to look cool. It's a lot more complicated and sophisticated. You also have to deal with the connection of the whole film, so when I choreograph, I think of the movement itself, the camera angles, the characters.

Choreographers, historically, are born, not made - their talents drive them to it.

My own physicality, not an abstract idea, makes me a choreographer.