Post by sunsetdriver on May 3, 2006 11:24:42 GMT 1
from: www.confessionstour.com/site/interv...y-richmond.html (<--- whole interview)
Confessiontour.com: Hi Talauega Brothers! You are the first interviews of the new confessionstour website. On behalf of all Madonna fans we welcome you and thank you! You are new to the Madonna team and we can’t wait to get to know you. When did you first start dancing? What was your first choreography job?
Richmond: Well in general I first started dancing when I was really young, about 8 or 9 years of age. I use to watch my older bros. and tone and I would mimic them. But as years passed I took it more serious. When I got into high school I helped form a dance group (Housin' Authority) back in my hometown of Richmond ,CA. We did shows locally and made a name for ourselves. But my first professional dance gig was for Tevin Campbell. I was 16 at the time.
Tony: Our first choreography job was for TLC for the 1996 Grammy awards
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As your stage name states, you are brothers. Which one of you is older? What is your experience like when you choreograph a dance together? Do you always agree on what is best?
Richmond: The oldest is me
Tony: The experience when we choreograph a dance together is a chaotic, involuntary one. What I mean by that is we both to a certain degree almost think alike so we would already know what the other is thinking about. But sometimes the choice of movement could make a situation difficult.
Richmond Although we can go through disagreements at the end of the day, we would always agree what is best. That happens natural with time.
We can only assume that working with Madonna is working with the best in the business. It is rarely someone’s first experience, but more something you have to work towards. What challenge did you have that best prepared you to work with Madonna? Did you have a job in the past that is comparable to this current job?
Tony: What challenge that best prepared me to work for Madonna was probably working for Michael Jackson. There is a very high level of work ethic and professionalism you have to attain when you work for persons/people of this calibur. I think I was a quick learner when it came to work ethic, etc. You got to be when you're around people like that. I didn't have no job that was comparable to this one. Every job I do is different from the next. But this one is definitely the big leagues.
Enrico
Confessiontour.com: Hi Talauega Brothers! You are the first interviews of the new confessionstour website. On behalf of all Madonna fans we welcome you and thank you! You are new to the Madonna team and we can’t wait to get to know you. When did you first start dancing? What was your first choreography job?
Richmond: Well in general I first started dancing when I was really young, about 8 or 9 years of age. I use to watch my older bros. and tone and I would mimic them. But as years passed I took it more serious. When I got into high school I helped form a dance group (Housin' Authority) back in my hometown of Richmond ,CA. We did shows locally and made a name for ourselves. But my first professional dance gig was for Tevin Campbell. I was 16 at the time.
Tony: Our first choreography job was for TLC for the 1996 Grammy awards
.....................
As your stage name states, you are brothers. Which one of you is older? What is your experience like when you choreograph a dance together? Do you always agree on what is best?
Richmond: The oldest is me
Tony: The experience when we choreograph a dance together is a chaotic, involuntary one. What I mean by that is we both to a certain degree almost think alike so we would already know what the other is thinking about. But sometimes the choice of movement could make a situation difficult.
Richmond Although we can go through disagreements at the end of the day, we would always agree what is best. That happens natural with time.
We can only assume that working with Madonna is working with the best in the business. It is rarely someone’s first experience, but more something you have to work towards. What challenge did you have that best prepared you to work with Madonna? Did you have a job in the past that is comparable to this current job?
Tony: What challenge that best prepared me to work for Madonna was probably working for Michael Jackson. There is a very high level of work ethic and professionalism you have to attain when you work for persons/people of this calibur. I think I was a quick learner when it came to work ethic, etc. You got to be when you're around people like that. I didn't have no job that was comparable to this one. Every job I do is different from the next. But this one is definitely the big leagues.
Enrico
