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Spencer Liff Choreographer SPENCER LIFF CHOREOGRAPHER TELEVISION So You Think You Can Dance (Season 6-8) Choreographer FOX How I Met Your Mother Choreographer CBS Parks and Recreation (2 Episodes) Choreographer NBC Dancing With The Stars Choreographer ABC SMASH Asst. Choreographer NBC 2009 Academy Awards* Asst. Choreographer ABC Kennedy Center Honors (2006,2008,2010,2011) Asst. Choreographer CBS THEATRE Two Gentleman of Verona: A Rock Opera Choreographer Shakespeare Theatre Co/Amanda Dehnert The Wedding Singer Choreographer Musical Theater West/Larry Raben A Snow White Christmas Choreographer Magical Pictures Ent./Lythgoe Prods. Saturday Night Fever Choreographer Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines A Fantasy Come True Choreographer Cruise/Disney Creative Entertainment An Unforgettable Journey Choreographer Cruise/Disney Creative Entertainment Trevor Live (w/ Neil Patrick Harris) Choreographer Benefit/Adam Shankman Gypsy of the Year (w/ Daniel Radcliffe) Choreographer BCEFA Benefit Broadway by the Year 2010 Choreographer Town Hall Theater, NYC Cry-Baby** Asst. Chor/Dance Capt Broadway/Dir. Mark Brokaw Equus Asst. Mvmt Dir/Dance Capt Broadway/ Dir. Thea Sharrock Bruce Lee: Journey To The West Asst. Chor/Dance Capt NYC Workshop/Bartlett Sher Brigadoon Asst. Chor/Dance Capt NYC Workshop/Rob Ashford SELECTED PERFORMANCE/BROADWAY CREDITS Hairspray New Line Cinema/Adam Shankman Across The Universe Revolution Studios/Julie Taymor Footloose Paramount/Craig brewer A Miraculous Year (Pilot) HBO/Kathryn Bigelow Gypsy (w/ Bette Midler) CBS/Emille Ardolino 9 to 5 Broadway/Joe Mantello The Wedding Singer Broadway/John Rando Big, The Musical Broadway/Mike Ockrent The Will Rogers Follies 1st National Tour/Tommy Tune Tony Awards (2011/2008/2006/1996) CBS Grammy Awards Beyonce/CBS *Emmy Award Best Choreography **2008 Astaire Award Winner: Best Male Dancer, Best Choreography .
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