Stacey Tookey (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Stacey Tookey is a Canadian dancer and choreographer. Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Emmy-nominated Tookey is best known for her frequent appearances as a Resident Choreographer and Guest Judge on the Canadian and American versions of the television show So You Think You Can Dance("SYTYCD"). Tookey served as director on the sold-out 2009 So You Think You Can Dance Canada Tour. She also choreographed the music video for Christina Perri's Jar of Hearts.

Career

Tookey has worked with musical artists such as Justin Timberlake, Celine Dion, Bette Midler and Michael Bublé. She has also performed in concerts as a member of Mia Michaels company, R.A.W. and with Parsons Dance Project in Seoul, Korea. Other performances include Carmen with the Houston Grand Opera and assistant choreographer of A Few Good Men Dancin on Broadway. In 2002, Tookey relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada where she was an original cast member for the entire five year run of Celine Dion's show A New Day... at Caesars Palace. Other performances with Celine include The Oprah Winfrey Show, The 2004 World Music Awards, Larry King Live, CNN's New Year's Eve Countdown Live in Times Square and A&E's biography of Celine Dion. She has been slimed on National T.V. dancing alongside Justin Timberlake at the 2007 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.

She was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for So You Think You Can Dance (season 5) in 2010. She was nominated again in 2011 for her work on the show's seventh season and in 2012 for her work on the show's eighth season.

Tookey represented Canada at the Adeline Genee awards in London, England. She studied ballet and contemporary dance with the Ballet British Columbia Mentor Program, Fusion Dance Company and as a member of the NBA's Grizzlies Extreme Dance Team. In addition to performing, Tookey teaches master classes in Mexico, Italy, Argentina and throughout North America and has been the recipient of many choreography awards.

Tookey resides in Los Angeles and is on the faculty of the Nuvo dance convention.

Choreography for So You Think You Can Dance

Season	Week	Dancers	Style	Music
Season 1 (Canada)	Week 1	Vincent-Oliver Noiseux Lisa Auguste	Contemporary	"Slow Me Down""?Emmy Rossum
	Week 7	Vincent-Oliver Noiseux Natalli Reznik		"Happy Ending""?Mika
	Week 9	Nico Archambault Allie Bertram		"Permanent""?David Cook
Season 5 (US)	Week 2	Karla Garcia Jonathan Platero	Contemporary	"Falling Slowly""?The Frames
	Week 8	Kayla Radomski Brandon Bryant		"All I Want""?Ahn Trio
Season 2 (Canada)	Week 1	Melanie Mah Cody Bonnell	Contemporary	"Taking Chances""?Celine Dion
	Week 3	Corynne Barron Austin Di Iulio		"Never Say Never""?The Fray
	Week 4	Kim Gingras Emanuel Sandhu		"To Build a Home""?The Cinematic Orchestra
	Week 6	Amy Gardner Cody Bonnell		"Come Home""?OneRepublic feat. Sara Bareilles
		Group Routine		"Hometown Glory""?Adele
	Week 8	Tara-Jean Popowich Vincent Desjardins		"It Doesn't Hurt" (Studio Version)"?Katie Thompson
	Week 9	Jayme Rae Dailey Vincent Desjardins		"Can't Stop Thinking About You""?Martin Sexton
Season 6 (US)	Week 2	Kathryn McCormick Jonathan "Legacy" Perez	Contemporary	"2 Steps Away""?Patti LaBelle
	Week 3	Channing Cooke Victor Smalley		"Be Be Your Love" (Live at KRCW)"?Rachael Yamagata
Season 7 (US)	Week 2	Melinda Sullivan Ade Obayomi	Contemporary	"Squander""?Skunk Anansie
	Week 3	Billy Bell Kathryn McCormick		"Jar of Hearts""?Christina Perri
	Week 7	Kathryn McCormick Robert Roldan		"Heaven is a Place on Earth""?Katie Thompson
		Billy Bell Ade Obayomi		"Mad World" (Alternate Version) "?Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules
	Week 9	Kent Boyd Allison Holker		"Sundrenched World" (Live Session)"?Joshua Radin
Season 3 (Canada)	Week 2	Charlene Hart Jeff Mortensen	Contemporary	"Breathing""?Alisa Turner
	Week 3	Julia Harnett Jesse Weafer		"Falling""?Florence and the Machine
	Week 5	Amanda Cleghorn Sebastian Mersch		"Hyperballad""?Whitley
	Week 6	Danielle Gardner Jeff Mortensen		"Elephant in the room""?Richard Walters
	Week 7	Charlene Hart Mackenzie Green		"One Day Like This""?Elbow
	Week 8	Amanda Cleghorn Jeff Mortensen		"Dancing""?Elisa
	Week 9	Group Routine		"Undone" (With the Hagerman Quartet)"?DeVotchKa
Season 8 (US)	Meet the Top 20	Ricky Jamie Miranda Maleski Sasha Mallory Melanie Moore	Contemporary	"In This Shirt""?The Irrepressibles
	Week 2	Caitlynn Lawson Mitchell Kelly		"Turning Tables""?Adele
		Clarice Ordaz Jess LeProtto		"Cathedrals""?Jump, Little Children
	Week 6	Jess LeProtto Kathryn McCormick		"The Lonely""?Christina Perri
	Week 9	Melanie Moore Robert Roldan		"Sacrifice""?Sinéad O'Connor
		Melanie Moore Sasha Mallory		"Heart Asks Pleasure First""?Ahn Trio
Season 4 (Canada)	Week 1	Jordan Clark Joey Arrigo	Contemporary	"For the People""?Mark Huculak
		Teya Wild Kevin Howe		"You Lost Me""?Christina Aguilera
	Week 5	Geisha Chin Joey Arrigo		"Gasoline Rainbows""?Amy Kuney
	Week 8	Lindsay Leuschner Shane Simpson		"Uninvited""?Alanis Morissette
	Week 9	Jordan Clark Christian Millette		"All in Love Is Fair""?Stevie Wonder
Season 9 (US)	Meet the Top 20	Janaya French Matthew Kazmierczak Dareian Kujawa Amelia Lowe	Contemporary	"Modern Drift""?Efterklang
	Week 3	Witney Carson Chehon Wespi-Tschopp		"I Will Always Love You""?Whitney Houston
	Week 5	Eliana Girard Alex Wong		"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)""?Nancy Sinatra
	Week 8	Chehon Wespi-Tschopp Allison Holker		"Leave" from Once

Personal life

Married to actor Gene Gabriel, October 16, 2005

Stacey is the eldest child to parents Shelley and Wayne Tookey. She has a younger brother, Kevin Tookey, and a younger sister Kelci Tookey. Stacey's mother owns a Dance studio, Shelley's Dance Company (SDC) in Edmonton, AB. Her entire family dances, and Stacey was raised in her mothers studio learning everything she could about their shared passion.

References

• The Rise Of Choreographer Stacey Tookey

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