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Oct 13, 2022 · Vincent Paterson on Meeting Michael Jackson. Watch Full Interview with Vincent Paterson: • Michael Jackson's Choreographer is Vi... Buy his book "Icons & Instincts" here:...
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Jun 27, 2009 · Choreographer Vincent Paterson shares his experience working with Michael Jackson. He talks about Michael's unique dancing ability, style and energy. This video also gives a short briefing...
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That Paterson even got a chance to dance professionally in Hollywood is remarkable. Unlike dancers today, who often enter the field at a young age and train at high levels for years, Paterson didn’t take his first dance class until he was almost 24. “Well, first of all, it just never entered my life,” he says of how far the blue-collar Pennsylvania...
In Los Angeles, after landing that first job, things quickly picked up. “I went from there to doing a lot of television gigs at the beginning,” Paterson says. “A lot of those variety specials. Cheryl Ladd and Linda Carter and, gosh, Karen Carpenter. Anybody who had a name had a variety show at the end of the ’70s.” Olivia Newton-John hired him to d...
Madonna was one of Paterson’s musical idols so when director Joe Pytka invited him to stop by the soundstage where he was shooting a Pepsi commercial with the star, and maybe offer a bit of choreography, he was ecstatic. “And when he introduced me, and she said, ‘Excuse me, I don’t need a (bleeping) choreographer,’ I was like, ‘Oh my God, oh my God...
Over time Paterson did music videos for a who’s who of modern pop stars, from George Harrison and Hall & Oates to Paul McCartney and Joni Mitchell. For movie directors, he helped Robin Williams find his moves in Mike Nichols’s film “The Bird Cage,” and the same for Björk in Lars Von Trier’s “Dancer in the Dark.” “It was amazing,” he says of working...
Nov 5, 2022 · Michael Jackson Smooth Criminal Choreography Rehearsals With Vincent Patterson The Culver City Studio 1986.
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Paterson collaborated with Michael Jackson, George Harrison and Madonna on various projects, including directing and choreographing Madonna's Blond Ambition Tour, the centerpiece for the documentary Madonna: Truth or Dare (also known as In Bed with Madonna outside of North America).
Oct 18, 2022 · While you may not recognize his name, you definitely know his work. That's because Vincent Paterson has choreographed some of the most iconic dances for pop music in the 20th century, including for Michael Jackson, Madonna, Bjork and even Van Halen.
Dec 2, 2023 · Vincent Paterson, the video’s assistant choreographer, who went on to work with Jackson for over 15 years, credits the stylish ease of Peters’ most famous moves with why the dance has been ...
