Tyce Diorio

Tyce Diorio (born August 22, 1970)^[1] 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, Ricky Martin, and Taylor Swift.^[2][3] He won an Emmy Award in 2009 for Outstanding Choreography.^{[citation needed]}

Tyce Diorio
Diorio in 2009
Born	(1970-08-22) August 22, 1970 (age 54) Brooklyn, New York, US

Career

Early in his career Tyce Diorio was a finalist in the 1988 Star Search Finals as Keith Diorio. 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".

Diorio performed as a dancer in the 1995 film Showgirls, and "Robin Hood Men in Tights" listed in the credits as Keith Diorio. Diorio was a contestant on the short-lived talent show Fame in 2003.^[4] Diorio also had a cameo audition in Every Little Step (2008), a documentary about the 2006 Broadway revival of A Chorus Line.^[5]

Diorio was 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.^[6]

USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance performing Balkan Beat Box by Tyce Diorio

Janet Jackson,^[7] Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez,^[7] 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 & 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.^[6] 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.^[5]

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 Maguire. He also choreographed the music videos for Paula Abdul's single Dance Like There's No Tomorrow and Taylor Swift's Shake It Off.

Choreography for So You Think You Can Dance

Season	Week	Dancers	Style	Music
Season 1	Week 6	Melody Lacayanga Nick Lazzarini	Broadway	"All That Jazz" from Chicago
Season 2	Week 1	Aleksandra Wojda Jason Williams	Contemporary	"Unwritten"—Natasha Bedingfield
		Martha Nichols Travis Wall	Broadway	"Steam Heat"—The Pointer Sisters
	Week 5	Allison Holker Ivan Koumaev	Contemporary	"Why"—Annie Lennox
		Donyelle Jones Benji Schwimmer	Broadway	"You Can't Stop the Beat" from Hairspray
	Week 6	Allison Holker Ryan Rankine		"Bye Bye Blackbird"—Liza Minnelli
		Natalie Fotopoulos Benji Schwimmer	Jazz	"Wonderful"—India.Arie
	Week 7	Natalie Fotopoulos Ryan Rankine	Contemporary	"I Will Get There"—Boyz II Men
		Heidi Groskreutz Benji Schwimmer	Broadway	"Fake Your Way to the Top" from Dreamgirls
		Top 8	Group routine	"Cell Block Tango" from Chicago
	Week 8	Natalie Fotopoulos Ivan Koumaev	Contemporary	"Everytime We Touch (Yanou's Candlelight Mix)"—Cascada
		Donyelle Jones Benji Schwimmer	Broadway	"Le Jazz Hot"—Julie Andrews
	Week 9	Heidi Groskreutz Donyelle Jones		"Big Spender" from Sweet Charity
Season 3	Week 1	Shauna Noland Jimmy Arguello		"Ease on Down the Road" from The Wiz
	Week 2	Jessi Peralta Pasha Kovalev	Jazz	"Stiff Jazz"—dZihan & Kamien
		Lacey Schwimmer Kameron Bink	Broadway	"Overture/All That Jazz" from Chicago
	Week 3	Top 16	Group routine	"The Lioness Hunt" from The Lion King
	Week 4	Anya Garnis Danny Tidwell	Contemporary	"Apologize"—OneRepublic
	Week 5	Jaimie Goodwin Hokuto Konishi	Broadway	"Mr. Bojangles" from Fosse
	Week 6	Sabra Johnson Kameron Bink	Contemporary	"Amazing Grace"—Crystal Lewis
	Week 7	Sabra Johnson Pasha Kovalev	Broadway	"A Wild Wild Party" from The Wild Party
	Week 9	Top 4		"Mein Herr"—Liza Minnelli
Season 4	Week 1	Kherington Payne Stephen "Twitch" Boss		"Too Darn Hot" from Kiss Me, Kate
	Week 2	Katee Shean Joshua Allen		"All for the Best" from Godspell
	Week 3	Comfort Fedoke Chris Jarosz	Jazz	"The Beautiful People"—Marilyn Manson
	Week 4	Top 14	Group routine	"Money Money" from Cabaret
	Week 5	Chelsie Hightower Mark Kanemura	Broadway	"I'm a Woman" from Smokey Joe's Cafe
		Jessica King William Wingfield	Contemporary	"Silence" from Unfaithful
	Week 6	Kherington Payne Mark Kanemura	Jazz	"Canned Heat"—Jamiroquai
		Katee Shean William Wingfield	Broadway	"Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" from Guys and Dolls
	Week 7	Katee Shean Stephen "Twitch" Boss		"Sweet Georgia Brown" from Bubbling Brown Sugar
	Week 8	Katee Shean Joshua Allen	Contemporary	"All by Myself"—Celine Dion
	Week 9	Courtney Galiano Katee Shean	Broadway	"The Trolley Song"—Rufus Wainwright
Season 5	Week 1	Asuka Kondoh Vitolio Jeune		"Hot Honey Rag" from Chicago
		Randi Evans Evan Kasprzak	Jazz	"I Only Have Eyes for You"—Jamie Cullum
	Week 3	Jeanine Mason Phillip Chbeeb	Broadway	"Moses Supposes" from Singin' in the Rain
	Week 6	Melissa Sandvig Brandon Bryant		"Aquarius" from Hair
	Week 7	Melissa Sandvig Ade Obayomi	Contemporary	"This Woman's Work"—Maxwell
		Kayla Radomski Jason Glover	Broadway	"Mr. Monotony"—Kim Criswell
	Week 8	Melissa Sandvig Evan Kasprzak		"Get Me To The Church On Time" - Matt Dusk
	Week 9	Kayla Radomski Brandon Bryant		"Bye Bye Love" from All That Jazz
Season 6	Week 1	Ashleigh Di Lello Jakob Karr		"Hit Me With a Hot Note (And Watch Me Bounce)" from Sophisticated Ladies

• Favorite routines:^{[original research?]}
  • 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

Dioro has choreographed for the Lifetime TV show, Drop Dead Diva, which featured Paula Abdul and some of SYTYCD past finalists including Mollee Gray(S6), William Wingfield(S4) & Joy Spears(S2).

He was also special guest choreographer in So You Think You Can Dance (Poland) (season 6) and So You Think You Can Dance (Ukraine) (season 4). He helped the judges to pick the top 14 dancers in both shows.

He is also featured as the choreographer in the Taylor Swift video Shake it Off , along another SYTYCD alumni Fik-Shun.

References

1. "So You Think You Can Dance Cast". RealityBug. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
2. "Tyce Diorio on "Every Little Step"". EDGE Media Network. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
3. "Tyce Diorio". Broadway Dance Center. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
4. July 21, 2003, "Racquet-wielding neighbors & mud wrestling in 'Paradise'". USA Today
5. "Every Little Step (2008) - IMDb". IMDb.com. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
6. "Tyce Diorio". IMDb.com. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
7. No byline, (January 2007), "Our 10th Anniversary". Dance Spirit. 11 (1):34

External links

• Tyce Diorio profile at RealityBug.com
• Tyce Diorio at IMDb