Christine Lanning (born June 25, 1970 in Enid, Oklahoma) is best known to be a performance director for Barney & Friends. Outside of Barney & Friends, Lanning is also an actress for various films. Prior, she was an actress in theatre, starting at the young age of ten.
Career[]
Barney & Friends[]
Shelley C. Aubrey, who was a performance director for Barney & Friends, called Lanning due to a job opening that she thought Lanning would be perfect for and she wanted her to apply for the position. Lanning applied and she was interviewed for the open position. Prior, Lanning was choreographing a children's show. She showcased the crew her work on the respective children's production she worked on. The Barney & Friends crew thought Lanning was too polished. The crew eventually gave Lanning a song to choreograph. She had to find the kids and the crew was going to witness her work. A notable individual who came to witness the work of Lanning was Linda Houston, who was a producer for Barney & Friends, Lanning eventually got the job.
Lanning's first day of filming on Barney & Friends was on September 11, 2001, while Barney's Christmas Star was being filmed at Las Colinas. When Lanning started, she was helping to audition kids for the then-upcoming seventh season of Barney & Friends at RD Marsh while the video was subsequently filming. While assisting with auditions (dubbed "Barney Camp"), Lanning would stand in for the role of Barney.
Duties[]
Lanning started as an assistant to Aubrey for the seventh season of Barney & Friends. She also did the blocking for the extras. When assisting the extras on set, she would watch all the cameras to ensure that the extras would be seen. Once she became a full-time performance director for the show, she would take notes about the respective takes and film shots in regard to what she implemented for the respective video and or episode. Sometimes Lanning would have to re-chorography something impromptu due to director notes and or educational notes. When she became a performance director, Lanning also tried on the Barney suit, alongside the feet of the little dinos, to understand the restrictions and limitations the respective costume actors had.
Credits[]
Barney & Friends[]
- "My Family and Me"
- "Sharing Is Caring!"
- "At Home In The Park"
- "Let's Make Music"
- "Movin' Along"
- "Let Your Creativity Fly!"
- "Imagine That!"
- "I'm A Builder"
- "Coming On Strong"
- "You Can Count on Me!"
- "Look What I Can Do!"
- "Making a Move!"
- "On the Road Again"
- "My Friends, The Doctor and the Dentist"
- "Welcome, Cousin Riff"/"Special Skills"
- "Airplanes"/"Boats"
- "Butterflies"/"Bugs"
- "Shapes"/"Colors"
- "Seeing"/"Hearing"
- "Glad to Be Me"/"Arts"
- "Movement"/"BJ's Snack Attack"
- "Counting"/"Letters"
- "Winter"/"Summer"
- "Caring"/"Rhythm"
- "Making Mistakes"/"Separation"
- "Rabbits"/"Ducks and Fish"
- "Mother Goose"/"Fairy Tales"
- "Dancing"/"Singing"
- "China"/"Kenya"
- "Pistachio"/"Full Team Ahead"
- "The Magic Words"/"Litterbot"
- "Bop 'til You Drop"/"The Sleepless Sleepover"
- "For the Fun of It"/"Starlight, Star Bright"
- "Dream Big"/"That's What a Mommy Is"
- "The Blame Game"/"What's Your Name?"
- "Riff's Musical Zoo"/"The Princess and the Frog"
- "Way to Go!: A Travel Adventure"
- "The Misbegotten Moon: A Space Adventure"
- "Riff to the Rescue!: A Wild West Adventure"
- "To Catch a Thief: A Mystery Adventure"
- "A Game for Everyone: A Sports Adventure"
- "Big Brother Rusty: China"
- "Venice, Anyone?: Italy"
- "The Good Egg: Kenya"
- "Home Sweet Earth: The Rainforest"
- Barney's Christmas Star (assistant choreographer)
- Barney Songs from the Park (assistant choreographer)
- Read With Me, Dance With Me
- Barney's Best Manners: Your Invitation to Fun! (assistant choreographer)
- Happy Mad Silly Sad (assistant choreographer)
- Movin' and Groovin'
- Let's Pretend with Barney
- Let's Go to the Farm (assistant performance director)
- Just Imagine
- Let's Make Music (extras coordinator)
- Let's Go to the Fire House (extras coordinator)
- Dino-Mite Birthday (performance director/talent coordinator)
- Celebrating Around The World (talent coordinator)
- Barney's Animal ABC's (performance director/talent coordinator)
- Hi! I'm Riff! (performance director/talent coordinator)
- Once Upon A Dino Tale (talent coordinator)
- Top 20 Countdown
- Barney's Jungle Friends
- Let's Play Outside
- Best Fairy Tales
- I Can Do It! (child supervisor)
- A Very Merry Christmas (child supervisor)
- I Love My Friends (child supervisor)
*Unless noted, the credits above are the performance directing credits of Lanning.
Trivia[]
- In the episode "Careers", Lanning portrayed the role of the "Artist".
- Both of Lanning's children were born during her time on Barney & Friends.
- Her son, Kyler Lanning, portrayed the role of Baby Andrew in the episode "That's What a Mommy Is".
- Lanning didn't know much about Barney before her time on the show, which caused her to do alot of research on the show.
- During one of the shows she choreographed, she did an homage to "Marian the Librarian" from "The Music Man".[1]
Video[]
Interview[]
References[]
- ↑ Purple Roads 112 | Christine Lanning | Choreographer | Barney & Friends October 28, 2022 Retrieved February 20, 2024