Fatima Robinson
{{Short description|American dancer (born 1971)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Fatima Robinson
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1971|8|29}}
| birth_place = Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
| occupation = Music video director, choreographer
| years_active = 1992–present
| homepage = {{Official URL}}
}}
Fatima Robinson (born August 29, 1971) is an American dancer, music video director and choreographer.
Career
Robinson has choreographed dance routines (for live performances and music videos) for several musical and pop artists, notably for Michael Jackson ("Remember the Time"){{cite news|last1=Wilson|first1=Julee|title=Fatima Robinson Talks Style, Dance, Career And More With StyleLikeU|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/20/fatima-robinson-talks-sty_n_1022247.html|website=huffingtonpost.com|publisher=Huffington Post|access-date=December 22, 2014|date=October 20, 2011}} and for several hit songs performed by Aaliyah (incl. "Rock The Boat," "Hot Like Fire," "Try Again," "We Need A Resolution," "Are You That Somebody," and "More Than a Woman").{{cite web|last1=Smolowe|first1=Julie|title=The Saddest Song|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20135290,00.html|website=people.com|publisher=People Magazine|access-date=December 22, 2014}} Additional high-profile dance routines choreographed by Robinson include the Backstreet Boys' "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" and "As Long As You Love Me" and Mary J. Blige's "Family Affair", for which Robinson won the 2002 MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography.{{cite web |title=Star Choreographer Speaks at SU September 29 |url=http://www.salisbury.edu/newsevents/fullstoryview.asp?id=1776 |website=Salisbury University |access-date=July 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141222060205/http://www.salisbury.edu/newsevents/fullstoryview.asp?id=1776 |archive-date=December 22, 2014 |date=September 12, 2003 |url-status=unfit}}{{cbignore|bot=InternetArchiveBot}}Robinson choreographed and directed the "Hey Mama" and "My Humps" videos by The Black Eyed Peas (the latter co-directed by Malik Hassan Sayeed and the recipient of the 2006 MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video), "Taken for Granted" by Sia, "All About That Bass," "Dear Future Husband," and "No" by Meghan Trainor and Koda Kumi's "Touch Down" and "LALALALALA".{{cite web|title=Choreographers Who Dominate L.A.|url=http://www.dancespirit.com/2008/06/Choreographers_Who_Dominate_LA/|website=dancespirit.com|publisher=Dance Spirit Magazine|access-date=December 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222090327/http://www.dancespirit.com/2008/06/Choreographers_Who_Dominate_LA/|archive-date=December 22, 2014|url-status=dead}} Robinson's choreography credits in 2016 included Fergie's music video for "M.I.L.F. $", as well as Gwen Stefani's This Is What The Truth Feels Like Tour.
Robinson's choreography credits for film include Save the Last Dance (starring Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas),{{cite web|last1=McComb|first1=Lauren|title=Fatima Robinson's Dream Digs|url=http://www.oprahmag.co.za/live-your-best-life/giving-back/fatima-robinson%E2%80%99s-dream-digs|website=oprahmag.co.za|publisher=Oprah Magazine|access-date=December 22, 2014|archive-date=December 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203013821/http://www.oprahmag.co.za/live-your-best-life/giving-back/fatima-robinson%E2%80%99s-dream-digs|url-status=dead}} Dreamgirls (starring Beyoncé Knowles and Jennifer Hudson),{{cite news|last1=Bloom|first1=Julie|title=Supreme Commander|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/arts/dance/26bloo.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&|website=The New York Times|access-date=December 22, 2014|date=November 26, 2006}} and The Cheetah Girls: One World.{{cite news|last1=Cutler|first1=Jacqueline|title=Cheetah Girls Take Their Singing and Dancing to the Streets|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=20080815&id=7KgyAAAAIBAJ&pg=5658,3583918|access-date=December 22, 2014|agency=Zap2it|publisher=Lawrence Journal-World|date=August 23, 2008}} In addition, Robinson choreographed the Black Eyed Peas' halftime show for Super Bowl XLV in 2011, and the December 2015 presentation of The Wiz Live!.Broadway World (May 13, 2015). [http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Choreographer-Fatima-Robinson-to-Help-NBCs-THE-WIZ-LIVE-Ease-On-Down-the-Road-20150513 “Choreographer Fatima Robinson to help NBC’s THE WIZ LIVE Ease On Down the Road”] Retrieved on December 5, 2015.
{{citation needed span|Robinson produced the September 2016 concert honoring the opening of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; the concert was recorded, edited, and later aired on television as Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America. She was involved is the Kendrick Lamar's 2016 Grammy's performance, and The Weeknd's 2016 Oscars performance of "Earned It".|date=October 2023}} From 2014 to 2016, she served as segment producer and choreographer for the hit series The Voice.
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
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{{MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography}}
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Category:American choreographers
Category:Artists from Little Rock, Arkansas
Category:Female music video directors
Category:American music video directors
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