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Toure Show

Laurieann Gibson–I Am Dance

Toure Show

DCP Entertainment

Society & Culture, Arts, Performing Arts

4.8880 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Laurieann Gibson is a legend, an icon, and a critical part of dance and hiphop culture for decades. So much of what we have loved about culture comes from her mind. I’ve known her forever and it was a thrill to talk to her about dance, culture, hiphop, and how she made it. To hear this awesome conversation go to http://patreon.com/toureshow and subscribe. For just $5 a month you get 4 Friday Patreon exclusives and the full version of our Wednesday shows and you get to help us keep making this show! Toure Show Episode 252 Host & Writer: Touré Senior Producer: Jackie Garofano Assistant Producer: Adell Coleman Editor: Ryan Woodhall Photographers: Chuck Marcus and Shanta Covington Booker: Claudia Jean The House: DCP Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/toureshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good Tour racial, okay though, good tour race show, okay though. L'N

0:19.8

L'Ori Ann Gibson is one of the most important cultural creators in hip-hop culture, a dancer, a choreographer,

0:29.4

a woman who has worked with the Queen Beyoncé.

0:35.0

Influencer, it's a word that gets tossed around a lot these days.

0:39.2

There is a woman who went the distance,

0:41.6

who broke ground as the first true influencer by living a remarkable

0:46.8

life.

0:47.8

Her name Elizabeth Taylor.

0:51.2

I'm Katie Perry. This is the story of the original influencer. This is Elizabeth the first.

1:00.0

Elizabeth the first, the podcast, wherever you listen.

1:05.0

I want to hear some stories, I want to hear some insight,

1:08.8

like what makes her so great, what were you able to add to her stew?

1:14.1

Like what was it like working with her?

1:16.3

Because I know she does that thing we talked about, right?

1:19.6

When I interviewed her, she talked about

1:21.2

this Sasha fierce character that comes out when she's dancing so

1:26.1

she kind of loses herself and like really just sort of goes to a full physical

1:31.2

movement place.

1:34.1

So what's it like working with her?

1:36.9

I mean, for me, you know, it's like Michael, I've worked with Michael obviously, Tina, Bob Marley, Big Puff, Naws,

1:50.0

the capacity to carry what is required for an artist is there's a legitimate space.

1:58.0

There's a legitimate zone, like somebody should play keys on a piano.

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