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''. He has choreographed and performed with

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, and

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. He won an

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in 2009 for Outstanding Choreography.

Career

Early in his career Tyce Diorio was a finalist in the 1988 ''

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'' Finals as Keith Diorio. He was named "

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" and performed in a contemporary take on ''

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'' called "Nuts-n-Krackers" in Boston, Massachusetts, with dancer

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, also a former "

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". Diorio performed as a dancer in the 1995 film ''

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'', listed in the credits as Keith Diorio. Diorio was a contestant on the short-lived talent show '' Fame'' in 2003.July 21, 2003, "Racquet-wielding neighbors & mud wrestling in 'Paradise'". ''USA Today'' Diorio also had a cameo audition in ''

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'' (2008), a documentary about the 2006 Broadway revival of ''

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''. Diorio was a featured judge on the

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competition program, ''

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'', 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, ''

''. In 2010, he played himself in the motion picture ''Move'' (directed by Kurt E. Soderling and Melinda Songer) along with others including

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are some of the artists Diorio has worked with. Diorio has also worked on numerous feature films including '' Robin Hood: Men in Tights'', ''

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'', '' Mr. & Mrs. Smith'', and ''

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''. In addition to ''So You Think You Can Dance'', his television credits include ''

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'', ''The

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'', '' Fame'', ''

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'', as well as ''

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''. His struggle to be cast in the revival of ''

'' on Broadway was one of the stories included in the 2008 documentary ''

''. Diorio has choreographed routines for

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; commercials for

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, Sylvania and Road Runner DSL; and a musical entitled ''Just Another Man''. Diorio has worked privately with

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and Maguire. He also choreographed the music videos for Paula Abdul's single ''

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'' and Taylor Swift's ''

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.''

Choreography for ''So You Think You Can Dance''

*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

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

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's favourite routine of the season. **Season 5: ***Melissa and Ade's contemporary routine to Maxwell's "This Woman's Work"

' 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

's favourite routine from all seasons 1-5 Dioro has choreographed for the Lifetime TV show, ''

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'', 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 ''

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'' , along another SYTYCD alumni Fik-Shun.

References

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