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1. "I like to always remind my dancers about ways to avoid injury. One of the basic ways to avoid injury is to always make sure to stretch and warm up your body. This will loosen up your muscles, which will help to avoid common strain injuries such as shin splints and ankle strains." ~ Laurieann Gibson
2. "I'm born originally in Toronto, and I have what I call my 'Fame' story. I took a Greyhound bus and went to Alvin Ailey and received Dunham, Horton, Graham technique there, but I could never take my eyes off of Balanchine doing 'Nutcracker'; to me he's the best who ever did it." ~ Laurieann Gibson
3. "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." ~ Laurieann Gibson
4. "'Boom' is my heart. The 'kack' is my soul. Apparently when I choreographed I didn't realize that I said 'boom-kack' 'boom-kack.' I had no idea I was doing it and then I realized that it's every time I felt like the fight in my soul - the boom and the kack - was like my heart. It was like the love of it - my heart and soul." ~ Laurieann Gibson
5. "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." ~ Laurieann Gibson
6. "I am trained, and I did do 'The Nutcracker' in its right form, but at the time, they told me I was black and I'd never be in 'Swan Lake.' I went through all those prejudices in the ballet community, and I still emerged wonderfully trained and found my way to Alvin Ailey where there were familiar faces." ~ Laurieann Gibson
7. "People were being so mean as a result of my ability - a gift, really. So I think that's what makes me fight harder to provide an option to aspiring kids or artists. I wouldn't want anyone to go through what I went through... to see a little girl or a little dancer experience such unnecessary rejection." ~ Laurieann Gibson
8. "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." ~ Laurieann Gibson
9. "Artist development is something that I've been passionate about from my days at Uptown and Motown Records." ~ Laurieann Gibson
10. "'Born This Way' is shaping up to be creative ecstasy." ~ Laurieann Gibson
11. "Everyone has the notion that hip-hop is messy and loose, but there's also another level to it." ~ Laurieann Gibson
12. "For me, a dancer is part of an artist's entertainment - 'backup dancer' isn't even in my vocabulary." ~ Laurieann Gibson
13. "I dance but I also work out. I run, do strength training... you name it. I've got to!" ~ Laurieann Gibson
14. "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." ~ Laurieann Gibson
15. "It's all about salsa with grain chips, tofu, turkey slices, hummus, and coconut water." ~ Laurieann Gibson
16. "'Saturday Night Fever,' Paula Abdul, 'Fame,' Debbie Allen... all affected me and the generation before me." ~ Laurieann Gibson

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