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Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo Quotes (1973-)
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About Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo
Tabitha D'umo (nΓ©e Cortopassi; born September 11, 1973) and Napoleon D'umo (born October 17, 1968), known together as Nappytabs, are Emmy Awardβwinning married choreographers who are often credited with developing lyrical hip-hop. They are best known for their choreography on the television show So You Think You Can Dance and for being supervising choreographers on America's Best Dance Crew for the first five seasons. They own Nappytabs urban dancewear and have been working together in the dance industry since 1996.
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βBe proud of what it is that youβre doing and youβll do a better job.β
βLet other dance styles inspire and influence your own and remember that there are no boundaries. Dare to be original.β
βWhen you can tell the story of the song through your movement, it's brilliant. It comes across as so honest and not fake.β
βEnjoy the journey. Enjoy the journey, and the hard work and the sacrifices and opportunities it takes to get somewhere, because it will all make you better at what you do when you arrive.β
βDance is not an internal thing. You have to be able to give to somebody else visually watching or they won't care. If they don't leave with some type of emotional feelingβwhether it be you cry, or you laugh, or you jump in the air for joyβthen it becomes movement and we haven't done our job.β
βSomewhere in the world of dance we started thinking about steps way too much: technique, steps, technique, steps. You can do all the technique you want, the regular public doesn't know. All they know is how you perform and what you tell them and what you make them feel; and when you make somebody feel something, it is undeniable.β
βThere's a life to dance that has to happen and it was seen years ago with Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and the life and the feeling they had in a performance. And when you watch them and you see them and you start to sway with them and you start to move with them and you miss that sometimes and that's what needs to happen with dance again.β
βI think they're all equally hard. They all have their own techniques and when you don't train in that technique then it's difficult. Y'know, especially for somebody in a ballroom who's use to stepping heal-to-toe and they get into a jazz routine and they're up on relevΓ© the whole time. So everything has its own technique and when you get use to one way, it's difficult to switch.β
βThis time in dance, this era, is probably one of the most entertaining times. It's got this whole new style of hip-hop which encompasses 20 different styles within it. There's no boundaries to it so people are taking it to the next level. And I think as an audience, everyone is saying Whoa, that is energetic. That is gymnastics, that is dancing, and that's entertainment combined in one. And that's a beautiful thing.β
βIf you fall out of love with what youβre doing, donβt be afraid to move on. And failing once doesnβt mean youβll fail every time. You will fail, however, if you donβt learn from your mistakes. Fight for whatβs important to you, but be conscious of your approach when speaking up. If you speak out of anger, odds are, your message wonβt be heard as clearly. And never let the envy you might feel for another turn into jealousy or hatred. Instead, use that energy as motivation to work harder.β
βWe see people who dance really well and can't perform all the time. It's in our community, our dance community. It's like that because we've been doing back-up dancing for so long. We're always in the background of the movies and we're always behind the artist so our job is not to outshine the artist. Well now, with all these dance television shows, we're getting a chance to be the artist. We're on the forefront. We're the Gene Kellys and the Fred Astaires of this generation and it's our job to make people feel something and to really perform.β
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So You Think You Can Dance Choreographers: Inside Our Marriage on Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo
βWhat better work can you ask for than to be with her?β
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Staub on Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo
βWe work together so much; it's weird doing even an interview separately, β¦ [a]nd when we teach we vibe off each other. I'll start a joke, and Tabitha will finish it. I'll start choreographing, and she'll continue. We don't plan it like that; it just happens.β
Pastorek on Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo
βI love the So You Think You Can Dance show. I love it. I think itβs some of the best hours on TV. I think those dancers are extraordinary and, more so, I think those choreographers are uniformly amazing[...] And so I got two of who I think are the best choreographers on SYTYCD β Tabitha and Napoleon β to be involved in some movement elements. Because I think when dance is mediocre, itβs painful. But when dance is really impressive, it destroys.β
Cat Deeley on Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo
βI don't know how they do it but [Tabitha and Napoleon] love each other so much. They're this husband and wife duo that work together all the time and yet I've never seen them have an argument. I've never seen them kind'of roll their eyes at each other. I've never seen anything like that. They are the perfect example of a fabulous marriage.β
About Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo
Tabitha D'umo (nΓ©e Cortopassi; born September 11, 1973) and Napoleon D'umo (born October 17, 1968), known together as Nappytabs, are Emmy Awardβwinning married choreographers who are often credited with developing lyrical hip-hop. They are best known for their choreography on the television show So You Think You Can Dance and for being supervising choreographers on America's Best Dance Crew for the first five seasons. They own Nappytabs urban dancewear and have been working together in the dance industry since 1996.