Fatima Robinson (born August 29, 1971) is an American dancer, music video director and choreographer.
Career Robinson has choreographed dance routines (for live performances and music videos) for several musical and pop artists, notably for Michael Jackson ("Remember the Time") and for several hit songs performed by Aaliyah (incl. "Rock The Boat", "Hot Like Fire", "Try Again", "We Need A Resolution", "Are You That Somebody", and "More Than a Woman"). Additional high-profile dance routines choreographed by Robinson include the Backstreet Boys' "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" and "As Long As You Love Me" and Mary J. Blige's "Family Affair", for which Robinson won the 2002 MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography. Robinson choreographed and directed the "Hey Mama" and "My Humps" videos by The Black Eyed Peas (the latter co-directed by Malik Hassan Sayeed and the recipient of the 2006 MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video), "Taken for Granted" by Sia, "All About That Bass," "Dear Future Husband," and "No" by Meghan Trainor and Koda Kumi's "Touch Down" and "LALALALALA". Robinson's choreography credits in 2016 included Fergie's music video for "M.I.L.F. $", as well as Gwen Stefani's This Is What The Truth Feels Like Tour.
Robinson's choreography credits for film include Save the Last Dance (starring Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas), Dreamgirls (starring Beyoncé Knowles and Jennifer Hudson), and The Cheetah Girls: One World. In addition, Robinson choreographed the Black Eyed Peas' halftime show for Super Bowl XLV in 2011, and the December 2015 presentation of The Wiz Live!.Broadway World (May 13, 2015). “Choreographer Fatima Robinson to help NBC’s THE WIZ LIVE Ease On Down the Road” Retrieved on December 5, 2015.
From 2014 to 2016, she served as segment producer and choreographer for the hit series The Voice.
In 2023, Robinson choreographed the movie musical The Color Purple and served as director of choreography for Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour.
Videography
1993 Bobby Brown - Get Away
1999 Mr. Vegas - Heads High
2000 Sia - Taken For Granted (Version 2)
2001 Athena Cage - All Or Nothing
2004 Black Eyed Peas - Hey Mama
2005 Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
2006 Fergie - Fergalicious
2007 Hilary Duff - Stranger
2008 Alina - When You Leave (Numa Numa) feat. Basshunter
2009 Sabrina Bryan - Byou 2
2012 Cheryl - A Million Lights: Live At The O2 (Creative Director)
2013 Fergie - A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) feat. Q-Tip & GoonRock (August 6)
2014 Fifth Harmony - Bo$$ (July 7)
Fifth Harmony - Sledgehammer (November 25)
Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
2015 Meghan Trainor - Dear Future Husband
2016 Meghan Trainor - No
2017 Fergie - Tension
2026 Snoop Dogg - Lied 2 U
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