{"id":13283,"date":"2019-03-21T22:27:25","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T22:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/?p=13283"},"modified":"2025-12-17T18:58:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:58:52","slug":"frank-gatson-jr-creative-director-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/frank-gatson-jr-creative-director-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong><em>Frank Gatson, Jr.<\/strong><br> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Creative Director | <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Visual Artist Developer<\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> | Choreographer<\/em><\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v12.0\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!-- Facebook Video Embed --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"<div class=\"fb-video-wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; margin: 20px 0;\">\n                <div class=\"fb-video\" \n                     data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BET\/videos\/10153412023920404\" \n                     data-width=\"auto\" \n                     data-show-text=\"false\"\n                     data-autoplay=\"false\"\n                     data-allowfullscreen=\"true\"\n                     style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\">\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>&lt;\/div\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Dance Mogul <em>Magazine Exclusive&#8230;\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/frank-gatson-jr-creative-director-manager\/_frank-chair-x52a8223\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13284\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13284\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Frank-chair-X52A8223-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Frank-chair-X52A8223-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Frank-chair-X52A8223-768x1029.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Frank-chair-X52A8223-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Frank-chair-X52A8223-450x603.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Frank-chair-X52A8223-20x27.jpg 20w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Frank-chair-X52A8223-225x302.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Frank-chair-X52A8223-900x1206.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Frank-chair-X52A8223-72x96.jpg 72w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Frank-chair-X52A8223-300x402.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Frank-chair-X52A8223.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Frank Gatson, Jr.\u2019s<\/span><\/strong> directorial influence on the modern music scene cannot be overlooked. His background in dance paved the way for a deep understanding of how the medium can be expressed in all the visual arts, particularly moving images. Frank has a long history of working both in front of, and behind, the camera. Armed with a Masters in Theatre and Dance from the University of Wisconsin, he toured the world with Up With People, appearing in several Super Bowl halftime performances. As a \u2018dance captain\u2019, Frank began his directing career managing the show itself. He later moved to New York to study at the Broadway Dance Center and with Alvin Ailey. Frank\u2019s directing career was influenced early on by his work with Michael Jackson, working with the King of Pop on his Smooth Criminal video. This led to many opportunities, mostly on the West Coast, where he would be tapped to choreograph video and live projects for the legendary EnVogue, particularly My Lovin\u2019 and The Funky Divas Tour. Frank has always been a passionate and enthusiastic artist, actively pursuing projects not only as a creative director and choreographer but as a music video director, too.<\/p>\n<p>As EnVogue exploded in popularity, Frank developed a unique directorial vision, the signature style of a true artist that caught the attention of Sony Music, who was in the early stages of developing Destiny\u2019s Child. Frank became their creative director and choreographer, and Destiny\u2019s Child became a huge success. Frank also began directing music videos, quickly building an impressive resum\u00e9, which included Trisha Covington, Smooth and R Kelly. He has either choreographed or acted as creative director to such stars as Vanessa Williams, Debbie Gibson, Maxwell, Seal, TLC, Mary J. Blige, Tamar Braxton, and Ciara. He has overseen the live stage performances of Fantasia, as well as several Kennedy Center Honors events. He has worked closely through the years on various projects with Diana Ross, Usher, Tyrese, Toni Braxton, Debra Cox, and New Kids On the Block, and, of course, the great Michael Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>To date, he has choreographed and directed over 300 music videos. Frank has also managed to amass a substantial body of television commercial work, with brands as far ranging as L\u2019Oreal, Tommy Hilfiger, Armani, American Express, Samsung, Pepsi, Converse, The Gap, and Reebok. This aspect of his career was jumpstarted by a 40 minute long center-stage feature on the Oprah Winfrey Show, an appearance for which Frank is particularly proud. As a film director, Frank\u2019s personal dream is to bring back the movie musical on a grand scale, just as it was in the 50\u2019s and 60\u2019s. His understanding of the history of dance movement informs his deep creativity and love for the great musicals of the past. As a result, it only makes sense that feature films would come to embrace his talents. Some of the many movies he\u2019s collaborated on are Living Out Loud, starring Danny Devito and Queen Latifah, The Blues Brothers 2000 (specifically the famous \u201cRespect\u201d number with Aretha Franklin), the Disney movie, Hercules, as well as the highly lauded independent film, Leave It On The Floor, with Ephraim Sykes. Through his directing career, Frank continued to creatively develop Destiny\u2019s Child and, of course, Beyonc\u00e9, once she embarked on a solo career. Frank was there every step of the way, helping her transform her image from urban street act to glamorous diva. Frank\u2019s attention to detail is legendary; nothing escapes it. Whether directing a music video, a huge national television commercial, or collaborating on a major motion picture, every creative detail is considered. During Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s rising success, Frank also directed Tina Turner, Mariah Carey, Christina Milian, Mario, Usher, Nelly Furtado, NeYo, Brandy, Monica, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, and Kanye West. He choreographed several videos for Rihanna, including SOS, Only Girl, and Unfaithful. These clips were so well-received that he was tasked with creating Rihanna\u2019s entire promotional tour. After 15 years of working closely with Beyonc\u00e9, developing iconic gestures like the \u2018Uh-Oh Dance\u2019, \u2018To the Left, To the Left\u2019 and \u2018Single Ladies\u2019, Frank was asked to co-direct her I Am Tour in 2009, which went on to become the best selling music DVD of 2010, and for which he was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2012. At the beginning of 2013, with Beyonc\u00e9 in full promo mode for her new sold-out Mrs. Carter tour, Frank acted as Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s creative director for her amazing Super Bowl Half-Time Show, her legendary H&amp;M campaign, and her award-winning Pepsi commercial.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/frank-gatson-jr-creative-director-manager\/frank-promo\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13327\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/FRANK-PROMO-300x132.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"733\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/FRANK-PROMO-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/FRANK-PROMO-768x339.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/FRANK-PROMO-340x150.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/FRANK-PROMO-20x8.jpg 20w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/FRANK-PROMO-225x99.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/FRANK-PROMO-218x96.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a director, one of the many strengths Frank has honed over the years has been his curiosity and his adaptability to different genres. A perfect example is his involvement with the Grammy-nominated country band, The Band Perry. Frank started working with the group in 2012, and the band\u2019s popularity has since grown exponentially, particularly fueled by their slick and polished live shows personally directed by Frank. Frank became the first R&amp;B\/Pop creative to join the country music world, a world far removed from anything he\u2019d done before. Because of his ability to adapt his skills to any talent and situation, he was able to put his stamp on The Band Perry\u2019s show-stopping performances at the best country awards ceremonies in North America: Academy of Country Music Awards 2012\/13, Country Music Awards 2012\/13, Billboard Awards 2013, Country Music Television Awards 2012, American Idol 2013 and Canadian Country Music Awards 2013. To top it off, The Band Perry just won a Grammy for Best Country Band in 2015. Frank re-designed, from the ground up, the 30 year-running Jubilee Show in Las Vegas, acting as creative director, working with the very best and most enthusiastic performers out there. He also acted as chief creative director for Jennifer Lopez on her latest work with her Booty video and performance at the AMAs, Fashion Rocks and her 2015 NYE Concert at Caesar\u2019s Palace. Frank was also instrumental in Kelly Rowland\u2019s comeback with fresh RnB singles and videos for Down for Whatever, Lay it on Me, Motivation, and What a Feeling. He also worked closely with another major talent, Brandy.<\/p>\n<p>Frank is also a manager, overseeing the career of recording artist, Luke James, currently signed to Island Def Jam. Luke James has been nominated for two Grammy Awards and two Soul Train awards and has opened for Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s Mrs. Carter Tour in both Europe and the USA. He\u2019s also co-starred in a Black Nativity, a movie with Angela Bassett and Forest Whitaker. Frank\u2019s work with developing talent is legendary in the business. In addition to Luke James, he\u2019s managed Tyrese Gibson, and was deeply influential in the early stages of Usher\u2019s career, developing his tours and conceptualizing many of his music videos, among them You Make Me Wanna, You Remind Me and My Way. Frank\u2019s passion and love of dance is only equaled by his unwavering commitment to the art of the moving image, and how it can capture the energy and vitality of the human form. As a director, Frank\u2019s vision of performance, dance, and storytelling through movement is unequaled. Throughout his glittering directorial career, Frank has won seven MTV Awards, most recently for Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s Run The World video, and three MVPA Awards with both Beyonc\u00e9 and EnVogue. He also worked with Jennifer Lopez on her video On The Floor, as well as Coldplay\u2019s Charlie Brown video. He was recently featured on the CNN special The Ones To Watch which aired before millions of people and has had amazing feedback around the world. He is also currently featured on Chasing Destiny, a BET Network show with Kelly Rowland which began airing in April 2016.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s influence on pop culture is wide and deeply felt. He has had a hand in so many influential acts, tours, clips, and performances that he has earned the reputation as a supreme professional, a world-class choreographer, and above all, a brilliant director. The talent he has nurtured, discovered, and showcased throughout his career is legendary.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[vc_row][vc_column]<aside class=\"gap cf\" style=\"height:30px;\"><\/aside>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slick      row post-carousel post-carousel-style4 center-arrows \" data-center=\"\" data-columns=\"4\" data-pagination=\"false\" data-navigation=\"true\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-autoplay-speed=\"4000\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"columns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"post featured-style7 post-14444 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-magazine-cover-feature\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Article\">\n\t<figure class=\"post-gallery\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/14444-2\/\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Daphne-Lee-Cover-500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thevoux-vertical-2x size-thevoux-vertical-2x wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Daphne-Lee-Cover-500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Daphne-Lee-Cover-500-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Daphne-Lee-Cover-500-450x587.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Daphne-Lee-Cover-500-20x26.jpg 20w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Daphne-Lee-Cover-500-225x293.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Daphne-Lee-Cover-500-74x96.jpg 74w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Daphne-Lee-Cover-500-300x391.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"thb-post-top\">\n\t\t\t\t<aside class=\"post-meta style1\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/category\/magazine-cover-feature\/\" class=\"cat-magazine-cover-feature\" aria-label=\"Magazine Cover Feature\">Magazine Cover Feature<\/a>\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"post-title\"><h4 itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/14444-2\/\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\t\t<aside class=\"post-bottom-meta hide\">\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/14444-2\/\">\n\t\t<span class=\"vcard author\" itemprop=\"author\" content=\"Dance Mogul\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">Dance Mogul<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<time class=\"time publised entry-date\" datetime=\"2019-04-24T20:12:00-04:00\" itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2019-04-24T20:12:00-04:00\">April 24, 2019<\/time>\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" class=\"updated\" content=\"2020-03-25T20:23:30-04:00\">\n\t\t<span itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\">\n\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Dance Mogul Magazine\">\n\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"logo\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/themes\/thevoux-wp\/assets\/img\/logo.png\">\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Daphne-Lee-Cover-500.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"652\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/aside>\n\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"columns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"post featured-style7 post-13515 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-magazine-cover-feature\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Article\">\n\t<figure class=\"post-gallery\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/dance-mogul-magazine-andrea-solomun-and-ema-jankovic\/\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Andrea-Cover-1-600x800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thevoux-vertical-2x size-thevoux-vertical-2x wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Andrea-Cover-1-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Andrea-Cover-1-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Andrea-Cover-1-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Andrea-Cover-1-20x26.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"thb-post-top\">\n\t\t\t\t<aside class=\"post-meta style1\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/category\/magazine-cover-feature\/\" class=\"cat-magazine-cover-feature\" aria-label=\"Magazine Cover Feature\">Magazine Cover Feature<\/a>\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"post-title\"><h4 itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/dance-mogul-magazine-andrea-solomun-and-ema-jankovic\/\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\t\t<aside class=\"post-bottom-meta hide\">\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/dance-mogul-magazine-andrea-solomun-and-ema-jankovic\/\">\n\t\t<span class=\"vcard author\" itemprop=\"author\" content=\"Dance Mogul\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">Dance Mogul<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<time class=\"time publised entry-date\" datetime=\"2019-03-23T03:08:21-04:00\" itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2019-03-23T03:08:21-04:00\">March 23, 2019<\/time>\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" class=\"updated\" content=\"2019-05-10T19:05:31-04:00\">\n\t\t<span itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\">\n\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Dance Mogul Magazine\">\n\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"logo\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/themes\/thevoux-wp\/assets\/img\/logo.png\">\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Andrea-Cover-1.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1303\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/aside>\n\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"columns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"post featured-style7 post-13448 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-magazine-cover-feature\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Article\">\n\t<figure class=\"post-gallery\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/earl-wright\/\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Earl-Main-Cover-600x800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thevoux-vertical-2x size-thevoux-vertical-2x wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Earl-Main-Cover-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Earl-Main-Cover-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Earl-Main-Cover-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Earl-Main-Cover-20x26.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"thb-post-top\">\n\t\t\t\t<aside class=\"post-meta style1\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/category\/magazine-cover-feature\/\" class=\"cat-magazine-cover-feature\" aria-label=\"Magazine Cover Feature\">Magazine Cover Feature<\/a>\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"post-title\"><h4 itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/earl-wright\/\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\t\t<aside class=\"post-bottom-meta hide\">\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/earl-wright\/\">\n\t\t<span class=\"vcard author\" itemprop=\"author\" content=\"Dance Mogul\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">Dance Mogul<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<time class=\"time publised entry-date\" datetime=\"2019-03-23T01:24:34-04:00\" itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2019-03-23T01:24:34-04:00\">March 23, 2019<\/time>\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" class=\"updated\" content=\"2020-02-16T09:18:59-05:00\">\n\t\t<span itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\">\n\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Dance Mogul Magazine\">\n\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"logo\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/themes\/thevoux-wp\/assets\/img\/logo.png\">\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Earl-Main-Cover.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1303\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/aside>\n\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"columns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"post featured-style7 post-13447 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-magazine-cover-feature\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Article\">\n\t<figure class=\"post-gallery\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/dance-mogul-magazine-deja-riley\/\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/deja-cover-500.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thevoux-vertical-2x size-thevoux-vertical-2x wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/deja-cover-500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/deja-cover-500-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/deja-cover-500-450x587.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/deja-cover-500-20x26.jpg 20w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/deja-cover-500-225x293.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/deja-cover-500-74x96.jpg 74w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/deja-cover-500-300x391.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"thb-post-top\">\n\t\t\t\t<aside class=\"post-meta style1\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/category\/magazine-cover-feature\/\" class=\"cat-magazine-cover-feature\" aria-label=\"Magazine Cover Feature\">Magazine Cover Feature<\/a>\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"post-title\"><h4 itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/dance-mogul-magazine-deja-riley\/\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\t\t<aside class=\"post-bottom-meta hide\">\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/dance-mogul-magazine-deja-riley\/\">\n\t\t<span class=\"vcard author\" itemprop=\"author\" content=\"Dance Mogul\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">Dance Mogul<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<time class=\"time publised entry-date\" datetime=\"2019-03-23T01:09:42-04:00\" itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2019-03-23T01:09:42-04:00\">March 23, 2019<\/time>\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" class=\"updated\" content=\"2019-03-23T04:11:27-04:00\">\n\t\t<span itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\">\n\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Dance Mogul Magazine\">\n\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"logo\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/themes\/thevoux-wp\/assets\/img\/logo.png\">\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/deja-cover-500.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"652\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/aside>\n\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"columns\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"post featured-style7 post-13425 type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-magazine-cover-feature\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Article\">\n\t<figure class=\"post-gallery\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/dance-mogul-magazine-destiny-wimpye\/\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/front-cover-600x800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thevoux-vertical-2x size-thevoux-vertical-2x wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/front-cover-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/front-cover-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/front-cover-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/front-cover-20x26.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"thb-post-top\">\n\t\t\t\t<aside class=\"post-meta style1\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/category\/magazine-cover-feature\/\" class=\"cat-magazine-cover-feature\" aria-label=\"Magazine Cover Feature\">Magazine Cover Feature<\/a>\t\t<\/aside>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"post-title\"><h4 itemprop=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/dance-mogul-magazine-destiny-wimpye\/\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\t\t<aside class=\"post-bottom-meta hide\">\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/dance-mogul-magazine-destiny-wimpye\/\">\n\t\t<span class=\"vcard author\" itemprop=\"author\" content=\"Dance Mogul\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"fn\">Dance Mogul<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<time class=\"time publised entry-date\" datetime=\"2019-03-23T00:05:25-04:00\" itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2019-03-23T00:05:25-04:00\">March 23, 2019<\/time>\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"dateModified\" class=\"updated\" content=\"2019-03-23T04:14:21-04:00\">\n\t\t<span itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\">\n\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Dance Mogul Magazine\">\n\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"logo\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/themes\/thevoux-wp\/assets\/img\/logo.png\">\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/front-cover.jpg\">\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"2475\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"3226\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/aside>\n\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<aside class=\"gap cf\" style=\"height:30px;\"><\/aside><aside class=\"gap cf\" style=\"height:60px;\"><\/aside>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 &nbsp; Dance Mogul Magazine Exclusive&#8230;\u00a0 &nbsp; Frank Gatson, Jr.\u2019s directorial influence on the modern music scene cannot be overlooked. His background in dance paved the way for a deep understanding of how the medium can be expressed in all the visual arts, particularly moving images. Frank has a long history of working both in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-13283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive-interviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13283"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18934,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13283\/revisions\/18934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13283"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dancemogul.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=13283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}