American choreographer, creative director, producer, and dancer
Barry Lather
Born (1966-08-16 ) August 16, 1966 (age 58) Occupation(s) Choreographer, creative director, producer Years active 1985–present Known for "The Pleasure Principle " music video
Barry Lather (born August 16, 1966) is an Americancreative director , choreographer, producer, and dancer based inMinneapolis, Minnesota , andLos Angeles, California .[ 1]
Lather was born on August 16, 1966, inAlbany, New York .[citation needed He grew up in a family of five children inAtlanta, Georgia .[ 2] [ 1] [ 3] Los Angeles and trained on scholarship at Joe Tremaine's Dance Center.[ 1] [ 2]
Lather's first entertainment industry dancing project was the 1985 Michael Jackson 3-D filmCaptain EO [ 4] Fame Dancin' to the Hits Janet Jackson 's "Nasty " and "When I Think of You ."[ 5] [ 3] [ 6] American Music Awards andGrammy Awards , and later for "The Pleasure Principle " music video, which won aBillboard Music Award and anMTV Award forBest Choreography .[ 5] [ 7] Prince , Michael Jackson,Paula Abdul ,George Michael , Sting, Britney Spears andSheryl Crow . In 1996, Barry was co-choreographer for the acclaimed Michael Jackson's short filmGhost , directed by Stan Winston, and also choreographed the 68th Academy Awards. In 1998, Barry choreographed the Super Bowl Halftime Show featuring superstar Motown artists.
Lather also recorded an album as a solo artist with the labelAtlantic Records /WEA in 1990, titledTurn Me Loose ;[ 8] Rythm Syndicate , and spawned a music video for the single, "Love In The Third Degree", which failed to chart.[ 9]
In the early 2000s, Lather began directing large productions such as world tours and live television performances for artists includingGwen Stefani , Usher, Ciara, Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Trey Songz and Miguel. Barry acted as creative director forUsher 's TheTruth Tour , The OMG Tour and the Showtime special "One Night One Star" live from Puerto Rico.[ 10] Paramount Parks [citation needed andDisney and working with Olympic athletes likeKristi Yamaguchi ,Scott Hamilton , andKatarina Witt .[ 1] Donny andMarie Osmond 's Las Vegas Show at theFlamingo Hotel .[ 11] So You Think You Can Dance Britain's Got Talent X Factor BET Awards 2010 [ 10]
In 2011 and 2012, he worked on theFreestyle Motocross show "Nuclear Cowboyz" tour.[ 12] Echosmith ,Nick Jonas ,The Vamps , andMeghan Trainor at the Nickelodeon Halo Awards. For the2016 Grammys , Lather directed Carrie Underwood andSam Hunt 's live mashup performance of "Heartbeat " and "Take Your Time ." In early 2018, Lather directed & choreographed the grand opening event for Qiddiya inSaudi Arabia and in 2019 the ground breaking ceremony of the ancient city of Diriyah outside of Riyadh. In 2019, Barry was the creative producer for American Idol's season finale show.[ 10] Rockumentary that launched inGreece . Barry directed Robbie Williams Las Vegas Residency Show at The Wynn, and Carrie Underwood's Residency Show "Reflection" at ResortsWorld in Vegas. Recently, Barry worked on Hans Zimmer's European Tour in 2022/2023, directed and designed iconic rocker John Fogerty's tour and directed Carrie Underwood's The Denim & Rhinestones Tour.[ 13]
Selected directing and choreography [ edit ] Live performances and award shows [ edit ] 1987:29th Annual Grammy Awards (Janet Jackson) 1987: American Music Awards (Janet Jackson) 1998: Super Bowl Halftime Special / Tribute to Motown 2003: MTV Video Music Awards (P Diddy) 2004: BET Awards (Usher) 2004: MTV Video Music Awards (Usher ) 2004: American Music Awards (Usher & Alicia Keys) 2005:Fashion Rocks (Gwen Stefani ,Pharrell ,P. Diddy ) 2007: BET Awards - (Ciara) 2008: BET Awards, American Music Awards, Fashion Rocks (Rihanna) 2008: BET Awards (Usher) 2008: Donny & Marie Osmond Las Vegas Residency Show at the Flamingo 2009: BET Awards (Keri Hilson) 2010: MTV Video Music Awards (Usher "OMG" performance) 2011-2015: Country Music Awards (Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney) 2011:2011 Latin Grammy Awards (Usher,Romeo Santos ) 2011: American Music Awards (Justin Bieber) 2011: American Idol performance (Nicole Scherzinger) 2012: Divas (Ciara) 2012-13: BET Award performances (Miguel) 2013: Grammy Awards (Miguel & Wiz Khalifa) 2013: Dancing with the Stars performance (Demi Lovato) 2013: Billboard Awards (Miguel) 2015: Kid's Choice Awards (Nick Jonas) 2015: CMT Awards (Carrie Underwood) 2016: ACMs, CMA, CMT Award performances (Carrie Underwood) 2017: BET Awards (Trey Songz) 2018:2018 Radio Disney Music Awards (Carrie Underwood ) 2018: "Qiddiya" Live Opening Ceremony in Saudi Arabia 2018: MTV Video Music Awards (Logic) 2018: ACMs, CMT Fest, CMA, American Music Awards - (Carrie Underwood) 2019: Robbie Williams "Live in Las Vegas" Residency show at The Wynn 2019: British Summer Time Hyde Park - Robbie Williams 2019: Nu Skin Corporate Event 2019: "Diriyah" Opening Ceremony Event in Saudi Arabia 2020: "Rockumentary" - Live Show / Celebrity Cruises 2021: American Music Awards - (Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood) 2021: "Reflection" Las Vegas Residency Show at Resortsworld - Carrie Underwood 2021: Gala Live Event Las Vegas / Volo Events 2022: Stagecoach - (Carrie Underwood) 2022: Gala Live Event Los Angeles & Malta / Volo Events 1988-1989:The Faith Tour -George Michael 1991: Under My Spell Tour - Paula Abdul 2001-2002:Dream Within a Dream Tour -Britney Spears 2004: The Truth Tour - Usher 2006:PCD World Tour -The Pussycat Dolls 2006: The Emancipation of MiMi Tour - Mariah Carey 2006: L.O.V.E. Tour - Ashlee Simpson 2007: Dancing with the Stars Tour 2007: Girl Gone Bad Tour - Rihanna 2010: OMG Tour - Usher 2012: John Fogerty Tour 2012: Kaleidoscope Dream Tour - Miguel 2014: The Elusive Chanteuse Tour - Mariah Carey 2014: John Fogerty 1969 Tour 2015:Jackie Tour -Ciara 2015:Between the Sheets Tour -Trey Songz 2016: The Storyteller Tour - Carrie Underwood 2017: The Total Package Tour - Paula Abdul 2019: Straight Up Paula Tour - Paula Abdul 2019: The Cry Pretty Tour 360 - Carrie Underwood 2022: Hans Zimmer European Tour 2022: The Denim & Rhinestones Tour - Carrie Underwood ^a b c d "It's a jungle out there" . Deseret News. March 8, 2002. RetrievedAugust 5, 2022 .^a b Clayton, Chris (December 5, 2016)." . Mpls St Paul. RetrievedAugust 5, 2022 . ^a b "The Michael Jackson School of Dance" .LA Times . August 26, 1990. RetrievedAugust 5, 2022 .^a b Kispert, Amber (October 21, 2008)."Bringing rhythm nation to you" . PressPubs. RetrievedAugust 4, 2022 . ^a b "Barry Lather: Credits" . Yahoo. n.d. Archived fromthe original on August 7, 2011. RetrievedAugust 5, 2022 .^ "Get the funk up: A tribute to Prince's Batdance" . SBS. April 22, 2016. RetrievedAugust 5, 2022 .^ Johnson, Robert E. (March 1, 1987)."Janet Jackson: 'I'm Not Sexy, I'm Sassy...I Date... And I Will Marry Again' .Jet . RetrievedAugust 5, 2022 . ^ "Barry Lather - Turn Me Loose" . AllMusic. n.d. RetrievedAugust 5, 2022 .^ "Barry Lather - Turn Me Loose" .Discogs ^a b c "Barry Lather" . MSA Agency. n.d. RetrievedAugust 5, 2022 .^ Wild, Stephi (December 22, 2019)."Choreographers Cris Judd, Bryan Anthony Join FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE Michael Jackson Musical" . Broadway World. RetrievedAugust 5, 2022 . ^ "Nuclear Cowboys tour takes off" . ESPN. November 23, 2009. RetrievedAugust 5, 2022 .^ "Rocumentary" . Batwin and Robin. 2021. RetrievedAugust 5, 2022 .^ Segal, Lewis (November 10, 1997)."Fosse Awards Announced" .Los Angeles Times . RetrievedAugust 4, 2022 . ^ Segal, Lewis (November 10, 1999)."Fosse Awards Announced" .LA Times . RetrievedAugust 5, 2022 . ^ "Awards & Nominations" . Emmys. n.d. RetrievedAugust 4, 2022 .^ "Pollstar Awards Nominees" . Pollstar. November 11, 2016. RetrievedAugust 5, 2022 .
Michael Jackson andMichael Peters (1984)David Atkins (1985)Prince (1986)Paula Abdul (1987)Barry Lather (1988)Paula Abdul (1989)Janet Jackson and Anthony Thomas (1990)Jamale Graves (1991) Frank Gatson ,Travis Payne andLaVelle Smith Jr. (1992)Frank Gatson ,LaVelle Smith Jr. andTravis Payne (1993)Frank Gatson and Randy Connor (1994)LaVelle Smith Jr. ,Tina Landon ,Travis Payne andSean Cheesman (1995)Michael Rooney (1996)Peggy Hickey (1997) Madonna andJonas Åkerlund (1998)Richard Koufey andMichael Rooney (1999)Darrin Henson (2000)Michael Rooney ,Spike Jonze andChristopher Walken (2001)Michael Rooney (2002)Frank Gatson andLaVelle Smith Jr. (2003)Fatima Robinson (2004)Kishaya Dudley (2005) Shakira (2006)Marty Kudelka (2007) Michael Rooney (2008)Frank Gatson andJaQuel Knight (2009)Laurieann Gibson (2010)Frank Gatson , Sheryl Murakami and Jeffrey Page (2011)Anwar "Flii" Burton (2012) Bruno Mars (2013)Ryan Heffington (2014)OK Go , air:man and Mori Harano (2015)Chris Grant,JaQuel Knight and Dana Foglia (2016) Teyana Taylor , Guapo, Matthew Pasterisa, Jae Blaze andDerek Watkins (2017)Sherrie Silver (2018) Charm La'Donna (2019)The Lab and Son Sung Deuk (2020) Paul Roberts (2021) Fullout Cortland (2022) Kiel Tutin, Sienna Lalau,Lee Jung and Taryn Cheng (2023) Charm La'Donna (2024)
