“So You Think You Can Dance” has everything a dance show needs: crazy judges, incredible talent, famous choreographers, and heartwarming stories. Whether you’re on your second season or your 15th, if you’re a true “SYTYCD” fan, you can relate to the following signs of true-blue fandom. 1. You scream “judges” (or, really, “jidges”) at your […]
Have you noticed a brilliant ballerina chaîné-ing her way across your TV screen recently—transformed by a nifty virtual-reality overlay, and yet still verrrry familiar-looking? Well, she’s familiar-looking because she’s none other than New York City Ballet principal Tiler Peck. Peck’s gorg dancing is the highlight of an epic new Dell Technologies ad that’s been playing […]
The 2018 Oscar noms are here. Which is fun and all; we’ll never not get excited about a night of glitz and glamor and, when we’re lucky, pretty great dancing. But we’d be a heck of a lot more excited if the Academy Awards included a Best Choreography category. And really—why don’t they? Last year, […]
In the dance world, Mandy Moore has long been a go-to name, but in 2017, the success of her choreography for La La Land made the rest of the world stop and take notice. After whirlwind seasons as choreographer and producer on both “Dancing with the Stars” and “So You Think You Can Dance,” she […]
…Everybody wins! The Wall Street Journal recently recruited three of our favorite choreographers to create touchdown dances for NFL stars (because why the heck not), and the results are straight-up hilarious. To say more would honestly just spoil the fun, so give this vid a watch—because Charlie and the Chocolate Factory‘s Joshua Bergasse, Come From […]
The competition is officially heating up—meaning this week, the Top 8 danced not only with their respective All-Star partners, but also with each other! Yay! (The solos have been great and all, but additional duets are way more exciting.) But first… The Opening Number Did anyone else totally predict this was choreographed by Mark Kanemura […]
Congrats to this year’s Outstanding Choreography Emmy nominees, announced yesterday morning in Hollywood! It’s a pretty stellar list of names, with “So You Think You Can Dance” and “Dancing with the Stars” choreographers earning four of the category’s five slots. (Rockstar Mandy Moore was actually nominated for her work on both shows. 🙌 ) The […]
If, like me, you’ve ever wondered (and wondered) how that stunning opening scene in La La Land came together, do we have a treat for you. In this completely absorbing Vanity Fair video, choreographer Mandy Moore breaks down every last cinematic trick (Hidden speakers! Who woulda thunk it?) and compositional choice (exactly how Moore created […]