Whose moves ya doin'. (v.i.peeps--).Dancer, choreographer, and video director, Fatima Robinson Fatima Robinson is a noted music video director and choreographer. Robinson's choreography résumé including videos such as Aaliyah's "Try Again". Music videos directed by Robinson include "Hey Mama" and "My Humps" by The Black Eyed Peas,as well as "Fergalicious" by Fergie. is a hot commodity. She went from dancing in hip-hop clubs to choreographing moves for a wide range of artists from Aaliyah and Busta Rhymes Trevor Smith (born on May 20 1972), better known as Busta Rhymes, is an American hip hop musician and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the name Busta Rhymes (from former NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes) after watching him perform. to Backstreet backstreet Noun a street in a town far from the main roads Adjective denoting secret or illegal activities: a backstreet abortion backstreet n Boys and Nelly Furtado. She even worked with Will Smith and the legendary Michael Jackson. Fatima says she never had formal training. "It was just something that I loved to do. When I was younger, I would just make up routines for my mother's friends when they would come over. My sister and I would enter dance contests, and I went to all the dances in high school." Fatima started out as a certified cosmetologist cos·me·tol·o·gy n. The study or art of cosmetics and their use. [French cosmétologie : cosmétique, cosmetic; see cosmetic + -logie, -logy. . She styled hair in videos for Keith Sweat and Heavy D until she got her big break doing the choreography for the Egyptian themed Remember the Time video. "Needless to say when I got Michael, I stopped doing hair," says Fatima. Fatima has won numerous MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. awards, and she choreographed the 2002 Essence Awards. She also choreographed Outkast's Grammy Awards performance in 2002 and more than 20 other performances for a variety of performers. This choreographer is dynamite and diverse. She not only works in the music industry but also choreographs for TV, commercials and movies. She did the choreography for Will Smith in Ali and Julia Stiles in Save the Last Dance--to name just a few. She also choreographed and stars in the Coca-Cola Nu Classic Soul commercial. Fatima is still making moves. Today, she is enrolled into the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Film Academy to prepare for her latest passion: the video directing world. She directed the Bootylicious bootylicious Adjective Slang sexually attractive, esp. with curvaceous buttocks video by Destiny's Child and videos by other artists including CeCe Winans. Fatima says to prepare she listens to the music over and over again to get her creativity flowing before choreographing. "Whenever I work with an artist, I always watch them and ask them to perform for me first because each artist has his or her own little flavor." Her advice to aspiring dancers and choreographers is: "Learn your craft. Tailor it and learn everything you can, including different styles of dance and just don't give up." |
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