I trained in every form of dance - started as a tap dancer when I was a kid, then contemporary, ballet, ballroom, everything. Russian, Swedish. — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
Tap dancers find it very difficult to do anything other than tap if that is all they have been trained in because, again, it's a whole different ballgame that you're constantly working on - bent legs, loose ankles - which… — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
Since we launched the original 'Pop Idol' in England, I've remained close with Simon Fuller. Working as executive producer on 'American idol' for its… — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
We've had nothing but support from everybody in the dance world for a National Dance Day. — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
I trained in every form of dance - started as a tap dancer when I was a kid, then contemporary, ballet, ballroom, everything. Russian,… — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
The minute you take away somebody the public's voting for, you're screwing with the program. There's no logic to it. — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
I've never believed that 'Idol' as a franchise is beholden to any individual because everybody said it would die the minute Simon Cowell left,… — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
In my lifetime, I've discovered a great many incredibly talented individuals. Some have achieved stardom. Simultaneously, I've seen many dreams shattered, egos destroyed and… — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
'American Idol' became a juggernaut of epic proportions, but to me it was always like home. — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
That makes entertaining television. That is the circus of American Idol . We go for the very, very best and the very, very worst.… — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
With dancing, so much is about sexuality and sensuality and without life experience it becomes much more of a performance, rather than a living,… — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
So many people report to be contemporary dancers, and they're not. They are sort of jazz dancers that feel like they're throwing a bit… — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
I don't go into my dentist and say, 'Are you gay?' I don't say to contestants on 'So You Think You Can Dance,' 'Are… — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
We put too much on contemporary dancers. A lot of them cannot change styles; a lot of them can't do anything else other than… — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
I think rap in the street when they have rap competitions is thrilling because these kids are making it up and having a go… — Nigel Lythgoe Copy Share Image
