Carey Ysais is an American

dancer Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoi ...

and

choreographer Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...

. He is best known as the co-founder, director, and

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of a popular monthly show called The Carnival: Choreographer's Ball, which is also the longest running dance show in Los Angeles California. Ysais starting dancing as a teenager and was heavily influenced by Don Campbell, who invented the locking dance in the 1970s. In 1998, Ysais and choreographer Paulette Azizian created a show to give dancers and choreographers an outlet for free artistic expression without the constraints of commercial profit, or the demands of a director or a script, called The Carnival: Choreographer's Ball. The show quickly caught on with the dance community and began to boost the careers of dancers and choreographers. The show has a history of being sold out. For some shows, Ysais is a co-host in addition to being the producer and director. On December 6, 2010, Carey Ysais received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2010 TIV Awards. * *

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