Crossover kid: hip-hop dancemaker John Byrne moved from Taylor 2 to MTV.(Biography)

From: Dance Magazine | Date: June 1, 2004| Author: Johnson, Tamara | Copyright information

When Britney Spears got ready to shoot her new music video. "Every Time." she didn't turn to hip-hop mavens Wade Robson or Brian Friedman. Instead, she entrusted the steps to a relative newcomer, John Byrne. This sentimental song needed a different framework, and Byrne was just the artist to deliver that.

"I approach choreography as a character study," says 21-year-old Byrne. "There are so many beautiful songs that have great depth, and the videos that come out with them...

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