Name	Mia Michaels (Melchiona)
Alt	Mia Michaels dressed in a white suit with bleach blond hair standing in front of a journalist while being filmed by an unidentified cameraman.
Birth date	February 22, 1966
Birth place	Coconut Grove, Florida, United States
Death date
Occupation	Choreographer
Home town	Miami, FL
Awards
Website	MiaMichaels.com
Height	5'11'' }}

Mia Michaels is an American choreographer best known for her judging and contemporary choreography on the TV show ''So You Think You Can Dance'' (SYTYCD). She has worked with musical artists such as Celine Dion, Madonna, Tom Cruise, Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, and Prince. In 2005 she choreographed Cirque du Soleil's world tour, "Delirium" as well as Celine Dion's Las Vegas show "A New Day..." for which she was later nominated for Emmy. In 2007 she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for her "Calling You" routine on season 2 of ''So You Think You Can Dance''; she won again in 2010 for her work on season 5. She was a main judge of So You Think You Can Dance together with Adam Shankman and Nigel Lythgoe for season 7. She choreographed the dance sequence of "Get Happy" in Season 7 Episode 15 of the "House" episode "Bombshells".

Early life

Michaels was born in Coconut Grove, Florida on February 22, 1966, to a family of dancers. Her father Joe Michaels taught her jazz, tap, and ballet from the age of three at the Miami Dance Center. Her sister Dana Michaels taught her contemporary dance. While growing up she attended summer sessions at Interlochen Center for the Arts and at Jacob's Pillow in Massachusetts.

Career

The choreography for Celine Dion’s "A New Day", by Mia, under the direction of Franco Dragone at Caesars’ Palace in Las Vegas has received stunning reviews. The show features a cast of 50 dancers. Mia's work can be seen in the first touring show by Cirque du Soleil, Delirium, which premiered March 2006. She has created works for numerous recording artists including Madonna, Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, Anna Vissi, and Prince.

Mia is a judge and contributing choreographer for the Fox television show, and touring company, “So You Think You Can Dance.” Mia won an Emmy award for her Choreography on a Television Series “Calling You” on SYTYCD. Her other works in film and television include “Cool Women” for AMC/DreamWorks Television and award winning commercials for Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Bacardi, Coldwell Banker, and Ziper.

On October 14, 2009 Mia Michaels cryptically announced via her Twitter account that her status on SYTYCD was changing. She tweeted “I AM OFFICIALLY AN ADORING FAN OF SYTYCD….THANK U FOR 5 WONDERFUL YRS,” then she followed up with, “THANKS SYTYCD AND LOOK FORWARD TO WHATS AHEAD FOR ME…LOOKOUT WORLD!!!!!” The show’s executive producer, Nigel Lythgoe confirmed on October 15, 2009, Michaels’ immediate departure from the show. Lythgoe thanked Michaels for her assistance during the auditions phase of season 6 which was being broadcast during the fall of 2009. He also made it known that Michaels was welcome to return to the show at any time during season 6 or in subsequent seasons. Michaels later revealed she left the show to participate as a choreographer for the Canadian, UK and Australian versions of SYTYCD. In addition, Michaels shared she was moving forward on several other projects, including her own choreography show, participating in a documentary/reality show, working on a clothing line, and working on a book deal. Michaels did choreograph a routine for So You Think You Can Dance Canada's second season finale on October 25; the theme of the piece evoked her choice to depart the franchise. During rehearsal in Toronto, she injured her back and could not be present for the live performance. On January 25, 2010 The New York Post claimed she was returning to SYTYCD for season 7. Michaels confirmed it via Twitter on January 28.

She will soon be seen on the big screen in the new motion picture ''Move'', directed by Kurt E. Soderling and Melinda Songer, due in 2010. She plays herself in the film along with others like Tyce Diorio, Paula Abdul, Wade Robson and Nigel Lythgoe.

Since June 2006, Michaels is a columnist for Movmnt magazine.

Bravo (US TV channel) recently announced a new docuseries focusing on Michaels.

Included in her concert and stage work is the critically acclaimed New York based dance company RAW (Reality At Work), for which she is the founder, artistic director and choreographer since the beginning in 1997. She has created works for the Paper Mill Playhouse’s production of “Hello Dolly!” starring Tovah Feldshuh, Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Jazz Dance Chicago, and Oslo Dance Ensemble. Her choreography has been seen off-Broadway with “If These Shoes Could Talk,” and “Fort Chaffee.”

Michaels was one of many choreographers set to pay tribute to Michael Jackson at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. Michaels was to join Wade Robson, Tyce Diorio, Laurie Ann Gibson, Brian Friedman, and other dancer-choreographers in performing with Janet Jackson for her rendition of the song Scream, but suffered an injury during rehearsals and was thus unable to perform on the show.

Michaels has been on the faculty of schools including the Harid Conservatory, the Ailey School of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and Broadway Dance Center, in New York City, and her alma mater, the New World School of the Arts. Her choreography has been enlisted for the Miami City Ballet, Joffrey II, the Kirov Academy and the Jazz Theater of Amsterdam.

Michaels served as a regular judge on ''So You Think You Can Dance'' for its seventh season, but decided to leave the show in November 2010 because she felt she did not belong on the panel and also wanted to focus on other projects. She will, however, still be choreographing for So You Think You Can Dance Canada.

So You Think You Can Dance

{|class="wikitable" |- !Season !Week !Dancers !Dance style !Music !Notes |- |rowspan="4"|1 |rowspan="2"|2 |Destini RogersBlake McGrath |Lyrical Jazz |"A Song for You"—Donny Hathaway | |- |Ashlé DawsonArtem Chigvintsev |Jazz |" I love Rachael"—Donny Hathaway | |- |5 |Kamilah BarrettNick Lazzarini |Contemporary |"King of Pain"—The Police | |- |7 |Ashlé DawsonMelody Lacayanga |Contemporary |"Message in a Bottle"—The Police | |- |rowspan="4"|2 |rowspan="2"|6 |Travis WallHeidi Groskreutz |Contemporary |"Calling You" —Celine Dion |Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography 2007Heidi Groskreutz’s favourite routine of the season |- |Allison HolkerRyan Rankine |Contemporary |"Ethna"—Klement Bonelli | |- |8 |Top 6 |Contemporary |"Hide and Seek" from Imogen Heap | |- |9 |Donyelle JonesTravis Wall |Contemporary |"Georgia on My Mind"—Ray Charles | |- |rowspan="7"|3 |1 |Lacey SchwimmerKameron Bink |Contemporary |"Dancing"—Elisa | |- |3 |Shauna NolandCedric Gardner |Contemporary |"I Thought We Had"—The Family Stand | |- |5 |Lauren GottliebNeil Haskell |Contemporary |"Let the Drummer Kick"—Citizen Cope | |- |6 |Top 10 |Contemporary |"The Moment I Said It" —Imogen Heap | |- |7 |Lacey SchwimmerNeil Haskell |Contemporary |"Time"—Billy Porter |Dan Karaty’s favourite routine of the season |- |8 |Lauren GottliebDanny Tidwell |Contemporary |"Then You Look at Me"—Celine Dion | |- |9 |Neil HaskellDanny Tidwell |Contemporary |"Are You the One?"—The Presets | |- |rowspan="7"|4 |1 |Chelsie HightowerMark Kanemura |Contemporary |"Beautiful"—Meshell Ndegeocello | |- |3 |Top 16 |Contemporary |"The Dance"—Charlotte Martin | |- |rowspan="2"|4 |Kherington PayneStephen "tWitch" Boss |Contemporary |"Dreaming with a Broken Heart"—John Mayer | |- |Katee SheanJoshua Allen |Contemporary |"Hometown Glory"—Adele | |- |6 |Top 5 female dancers |Contemporary |"Ave Maria"—Celine Dion | |- |7 |Katee SheanStephen "tWitch" Boss |Contemporary |"Mercy"—Duffy |Nominated for the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding ChoreographyMary Murphy’s favourite routine of the season |- |9 |Top 4 |Contemporary |"Hallelujah"—The Vitamin String Quartet | |- |rowspan="5"|5 |2 |Top 18 |Contemporary |"Higher Ground"—Stevie Wonder | |- |3 |Randi EvansEvan Kasprzak |Contemporary |"Koop Island Blues"—Koop featuring Ane Brun |Won the 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding ChoreographyOne of Adam Shankman’s favourite routines of the season |- |5 |Kayla RadomskiKūpono Aweau |Contemporary |"Gravity"—Sara Bareilles |Won the 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding ChoreographyOne of Nigel Lythgoe’s favourite routines of the season |- |7 |Top 8 |Contemporary |"One" from A Chorus Line |Won the 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography |- |9 |Jeanine MasonKayla Radomski |Contemporary |"The Four Sections: IV (Full Orchestra)"—Steve Reich | |- |rowspan="3"|7 |1 |Billy BellAde ObayomiAlex Wong |Contemporary |"This Bitter Earth/On the Nature of Daylight"—Max Richter and Dinah Washington | |- |4 |Top 8 |Contemporary |"When We Dance"—Sting | |- |7 |Top 6 and All-Stars |Contemporary |"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"—Sting | |}

So You Think You Can Dance Canada

{|class="wikitable" |- !Season !Week !Dancers !Dance style !Music |- |rowspan="2"|2 |8 |Top 3 Girls |Contemporary |"Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BMV 1043: II. Largo ma non Tanto (J. S. Bach"—The Scottish Ensemble/Jonathan Rees |- |9 |Top 10 |Contemporary |"This Moment"—Nic Chagall ft. Jonathan Mendelsohn |- |rowspan="2"|3 |3 |Top 18 |Jazz |"Let Go" —Mitzi Gaynor |- |6 |Top 12 |Contemporary |"Will I?" from Rent |- |4 |9 |Top 3 Girls |Contemporary |"What About Us"—ATB |}

Awards

Silver Leo Award, Jazz Dance World Congress, 1992 Dance Educators of America's President Cup 2007: 59th Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Choreography: ''So You Think You Can Dance'': "Calling You" (tied with Wade Robson and Rob Marshall)

2010: 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Choreography: ''So You Think You Can Dance'': "Koop Island Blues," "Gravity," and "One"

2011: 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Choreography: ''So You Think You Can Dance'': "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," "When We Dance," "This Bitter Earth/On the Nature of Daylight" (tied with Tabitha and Napoleon D'Umo)

Nominations

2002: American Choreography Awards: Outstanding Achievement in Commercials: Coldwell Banker “Buying”

2003: American Choreography Awards: Outstanding Achievement in Television - Variety Series: ''Celine in Las Vegas: Opening Night Live!

2003: 55th Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Choreography: ''Celine in Las Vegas: Opening Night Live!

2009: 61st Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Choreography: ''So You Think You Can Dance'': "Mercy"

References

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Name	Tyce Diorio
Birth date	August 22, 1970
Birth place	Brooklyn, New York, USA }}

Keith "Tyce" Diorio (born August 22, 1970) is an American dancer and choreographer. He is best known for his work as a choreographer and guest judge on the Fox television series ''So You Think You Can Dance''. He has choreographed and performed with Janet Jackson, Paula Abdul, Jennifer Lopez, and Ricky Martin. He won an Emmy Award in 2009 for Outstanding Choreography.

Career

Diorio performed as a dancer in the 1995 film ''Showgirls'', listed in the credits as Keith Diorio. Diorio was a contestant on the short-lived talent show ''Fame'' in 2003. Diorio also had a cameo audition in ''Every Little Step'' (2008), a documentary about the 2006 Broadway revival of ''A Chorus Line''.

Diorio is a featured judge on the TLC competition program, ''Master of Dance'', which aired its first six-episode season during the summer of 2008 (credited as Keith Diorio). He has also appeared as a choreographer and judge over seven seasons of the Fox television show, ''So You Think You Can Dance''.

In 2010, he played himself in the motion picture ''Move'' (directed by Kurt E. Soderling and Melinda Songer) along with others including Mia Michaels, Paula Abdul, Wade Robson and Nigel Lythgoe.

Janet Jackson, Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Mýa, *NSYNC, Kelly Osbourne, Céline Dion and Toni Braxton are some of the artists Diorio has worked with. Diorio has also worked on numerous feature films including ''Robin Hood: Men in Tights'', ''Showgirls'', ''Starsky and Hutch'', ''13 Going on 30'', ''Mr. & Mrs. Smith'', and ''Epic Movie''. In addition to ''So You Think You Can Dance'', his television credits include ''That '70s Show'', ''The Tyra Banks Show'', ''The Academy Awards'', ''The American Music Awards'', ''The Billboard Music Awards'', ''Big Time Rush'', ''Fame'', ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'', as well as ''Annie'' and ''Cinderella''. His struggle to be cast in the revival of ''A Chorus Line'' on Broadway was one of the stories included in the 2008 documentary ''Every Little Step''.

Diorio has choreographed routines for Paulina Rubio and Tobey Maguire; commercials for iPod, McDonald's, Sylvania and Road Runner DSL; and a musical entitled ''Just Another Man''. Diorio has worked privately with Katie Holmes and Tobey Maguire. He also choreographed the music video for Paula Abdul's single Dance Like There's No Tomorrow.

When he was younger, he was named "Mr. Dance of America" and performed in a contemporary take on "The Nutcracker" called "Nuts-n-Krackers" in Boston, Massachusetts, with dancer Nancy O'Meara, also a former "Miss Dance of America".

Choreography for So You Think You Can Dance

{|class="wikitable" |- !Season !Week !Dancers !Style !Music |- |Season 1 |Week 6 |Melody LacayangaNick Lazzarini |Broadway |"All That Jazz" from ''Chicago'' |- |rowspan="12"|Season 2 |rowspan="2"|Week 1 |Aleksandra WojdaJason Williams |Contemporary |"Unwritten"—Natasha Bedingfield |- |Martha NicholsTravis Wall |Broadway |"Steam Heat"—The Pointer Sisters |- |rowspan="2"|Week 5 |Allison HolkerIvan Koumaev |Contemporary |"Why"—Annie Lennox |- |Donyelle JonesBenji Schwimmer |rowspan="2"|Broadway |"You Can't Stop the Beat" from ''Hairspray'' |- |rowspan="2"|Week 6 |Allison HolkerRyan Rankine |"Bye Bye Blackbird"—Liza Minnelli |- |Natalie FotopoulosBenji Schwimmer |Jazz |"Wonderful"—India.Arie |- |rowspan="3"|Week 7 |Natalie FotopoulosRyan Rankine |Contemporary |"I Will Get There"—Boyz II Men |- |Heidi GroskreutzBenji Schwimmer |Broadway |"Fake Your Way to the Top" from ''Dreamgirls'' |- |Top 8 |Group routine |"Cell Block Tango" from ''Chicago'' |- |rowspan="2"|Week 8 |Natalie FotopoulosIvan Koumaev |Contemporary |"Everytime We Touch (Yanou's Candlelight Mix)"—Cascada |- |Donyelle JonesBenji Schwimmer |rowspan="3"|Broadway |"Le Jazz Hot"—Julie Andrews |- |Week 9 |Heidi GroskreutzDonyelle Jones |"Big Spender" from ''Sweet Charity'' |- |rowspan="9"|Season 3 |Week 1 |Shauna NolandJimmy Arguello |"Ease on Down the Road" from ''The Wiz'' |- |rowspan="2"|Week 2 |Jessi PeraltaPasha Kovalev |Jazz |"Stiff Jazz"—dZihan & Kamien |- |Lacey SchwimmerKameron Bink |Broadway |"Overture/All That Jazz" from ''Chicago'' |- |Week 3 |Top 16 |Group routine |"The Lioness Hunt" from ''The Lion King'' |- |Week 4 |Anya GarnisDanny Tidwell |Contemporary |"Apologize"—OneRepublic |- |Week 5 |Jaimie GoodwinHokuto "Hok" Konishi |Broadway |"Mr. Bojangles" from ''Fosse'' |- |Week 6 |Sabra JohnsonKameron Bink |Contemporary |"Amazing Grace"—Crystal Lewis |- |Week 7 |Sabra JohnsonPasha Kovalev |rowspan="4"|Broadway |"A Wild Wild Party" from ''The Wild Party'' |- |Week 9 |Top 4 |"Mein Herr"—Liza Minnelli |- |rowspan="11"|Season 4 |Week 1 |Kherington PayneStephen "Twitch" Boss |"Too Darn Hot" from ''Kiss Me, Kate'' |- |Week 2 |Katee SheanJoshua Allen |"All for the Best" from ''Godspell'' |- |Week 3 |Comfort FedokeChris Jarosz |Jazz |"The Beautiful People"—Marilyn Manson |- |Week 4 |Top 14 |Group routine |"Money Money" from ''Cabaret'' |- |rowspan="2"|Week 5 |Chelsie HightowerMark Kanemura |Broadway |"I'm a Woman" from ''Smokey Joe's Cafe'' |- |Jessica KingWilliam Wingfield |Contemporary |"Silence" from ''Unfaithful'' |- |rowspan="2"|Week 6 |Kherington PayneMark Kanemura |Jazz |"Canned Heat"—Jamiroquai |- |Katee SheanWilliam Wingfield |rowspan="2"|Broadway |"Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" from ''Guys and Dolls'' |- |Week 7 |Katee SheanStephen "Twitch" Boss |"Sweet Georgia Brown" from ''Bubbling Brown Sugar'' |- |Week 8 |Katee SheanJoshua Allen |Contemporary |"All by Myself"—Celine Dion |- |Week 9 |Courtney GalianoKatee Shean |rowspan="2"|Broadway |"The Trolley Song"—Rufus Wainwright |- |rowspan="8"|Season 5 |rowspan="2"|Week 1 |Asuka KondohVitolio Jeune |"Hot Honey Rag" from ''Chicago'' |- |Randi EvansEvan Kasprzak |Jazz |"I Only Have Eyes for You"—Jamie Cullum |- |Week 3 |Jeanine MasonPhillip Chbeeb |rowspan="2"|Broadway |"Moses Supposes" from ''Singin' in the Rain'' |- |Week 6 |Melissa SandvigBrandon Bryant |"Aquarius" from ''Hair'' |- |rowspan="2"|Week 7 |Melissa SandvigAde Obayomi |Contemporary |"This Woman's Work"—Maxwell |- |Kayla RadomskiJason Glover |rowspan="4"|Broadway |"Mr. Monotony"—Kim Criswell |- |Week 8 |Melissa SandvigEvan Kasprzak |"Get Me To The Church On Time" - Matt Dusk |- |Week 9 |Kayla RadomskiBrandon Bryant |"Bye Bye Love" from ''All That Jazz'' |- |rowspan="1"|Season 6 |Week 1 |Ashleigh Di LelloJakob Karr |"Hit Me With a Hot Note (And Watch Me Bounce)" from Sophisticated Ladies |}

Favorite routines:

*Season 1:

**Melody and Nick's Chicago "All That Jazz" Broadway routine ended up as Melody Lacayanga (runner-up)'s favourite routine she performed of the season.

*Season 2:

**Donyelle and Benji's Broadway routine to "You Can't Stop the Beat" from ''Hairspray'' was chosen to be Donyelle Jones (3rd place)'s favourite routine she performed of the season.

**Allison and Ivan's contemporary routine to Annie Lennox's "Why" was contemporary choreographer Mia Michaels' favourite routine of the season.

**Martha and Travis' Broadway routine to "Steam Heat" by The Pointer Sisters ended up as jazz choreographer Brian Friedman's favourite routine of the season.

*Season 5:

**Melissa and Ade's contemporary routine to Maxwell's "This Woman's Work" Mia Michaels' favorite routine of the season.

Top 15 routines season 1-5 choreographies by Tyce Diorio:

*Season 1:

**Melody and Nick's Chicago "All That Jazz" Broadway routine

*Season 2:

**Allison and Ivan's contemporary routine to Annie Lennox's "Why"

*Season 5:

**Melissa and Ade's contemporary routine to "This Woman's Work" by Maxwell was chosen to be Nigel Lythgoe's favourite routine from all seasons 1-5

Tyce recently choreographed for the hit Lifetime TV show, "Drop Dead Diva" featuring Paula Abdul and some SYTYCD past finalists including Mollee Gray(S6), William Wingfield(S4) & Joy Spears(S2). Episode premiers on Season 2, June 6 on Lifetime.

He was also special guest choreographer in So You Think You Can Dance (Poland) (season 6). He helped judges to pick the top 14 dancers.

References

External links

Tyce Diorio profile at RealityBug.com

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