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Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo Quotes

born 1973 United States

Tabitha D'umo (née Cortopassi; born September 11, 1973) and Napoleon D'umo (born October 17, 1968), known together as Nappytabs, are Emmy Award–winning 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.

United States
Dancers

Also known as: Napoleon D'umo, Tabitha D'umo, Nappytabs

Random Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo quote

9 quotes

When you can tell the story of the song through your movement, it's brilliant. It comes across as so honest and not fake.

Dance from your heart. If you dance from your heart, you'll always love it.

Be proud of what it is that you’re doing and you’ll do a better job.

I think the future of dance is where we came from, where the dancers are the stars and I see in the next ten years dancers being these huge stars and the movie musical coming back.

Let other dance styles inspire and influence your own and remember that there are no boundaries. Dare to be original.

Enjoy 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.

Why would you want to be back-up dancer when you could be the actual star? Let's show the world that we're stars. Let's perform like stars.

Ask yourself why you [dance]. Don't do it for the wrong reasons. You have to love it because it's a tough business and you're not always going to get to do the cool jobs and those things. So if your heart is in the right place, you will find happiness within the dance.

...it’s your work ethic that is going to get you far, no matter what you do.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.