The day after we got home from Arizona, Kaiya went to the dance studio for a master class with Marguerite Derricks. Kaiya was in class with about 20 other kids. Then they invited a small group of kids back to have a more intimate session with her. She sat down…had each kid get up and dance individually and then she talked to them and critiqued them. She gave them a lot of good advice and took time with them. They video taped the small group of kids and she took the videos back to 2 really well known Talent Agencies in LA. Three of the boys (we just found out last week) actually got signed with one of those agencies! Good things are happening! I am so proud of each and every kid at that dance studio. They all work so hard and they are all great kids.
Marguerite Derricks, is a former ballerina and a multi award-winning choreographer fromBuffalo, New York.[1]
Derricks studied ballet at the National Ballet School of Canada; she admired Karen Kain.[1] Derricks was behind the choreography of two films similar in their subject matter, Striptease (1996) and Showgirls (1995).[2] Some of her more noted works include the Austin Powers films, 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Donnie Darko(2001), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), and Spider-Man 3 (2007). After the first Austin Powers film, she became famous and increased her reputation with an advertisement for The Gap, "Go Go." During one interview, she said that with regard to her newfound popularity, "it all started with Mike [Myers]," (the star of Austin Powers) and added that "Go Go has changed my life."[1]
In 2006, Derricks choreographed Sister Act the Musical, which had its world premiere at the Pasadena Playhouse. At the turn of 2009, she served as the choreographer for director Kevin Tancharoen's 2009 remake of the movie, Fame. She is currently the choreographer for Gregory Boyd and Frank Wildhorn's new musical "Wonderland"; a twist on the "Alice in Wonderland" children's story. Marguerite Derricks is also the choreographer for the film Tropic Thunder in which Tom Cruise delivers a dance performance as Les Grossman, the movie mogul he portrays.
Derricks is the only choreographer to win three consecutive Emmy Awards: she won for her work on the television series 3rd Rock from the Sun (1997), Fame L.A. (1998), and the 1998 Goodwill Games Ceremony (1999). In 2002, she won an American Choreography Award for her work on That '70s Show[3] adding to two others for The Gap "Go Go" and the short lived sitcom Jenny starring Jenny McCarthy. She won an NAACP Award for Best Choreography for Sister Act the Musical. She has also won four MTV Movie Awards for Best Dance (Austin Powers, Charlie's Angels, 10 Things I Hate About You, andAmerican Wedding
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