“Dance teachers should be certified in this country.”
On why he is annoyed when mediocre dancers teach, and the damage they can do to their students
Rasminsky, Abigail (May/Jun2007), "Q & A with NIGEL & DAN". Dance Spirit. 11 (5):25
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Nigel Lythgoe 6
Executive producer and television director 1949Related quotes
“Teachers should prepare the student for the student's future, not for the teacher's past.”
Preface
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn (1991)

2001
Context: Airports scrupulously apply the same laughably ineffective airport harassment to Suzy Chapstick as to Muslim hijackers. It is preposterous to assume every passenger is a potential crazed homicidal maniac. We know who the homicidal maniacs are. They are the ones cheering and dancing right now.
We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war.

“Let's dance for fear your grace should fall
Let's dance for fear tonight is all”
Let's Dance
Song lyrics, Let's Dance (1983)

“Any teacher that can be replaced by a machine should be!”
Electronic Tutors (1980)
1980s

“I should be able to get the alligators to dance to the tune of the pan pipe.”
March 30, 1947
Source: Letters to Milton Hindus (1947-1949), Les Cahiers de la NRF, Gallimard ISBN 2070134296