Dan Karaty

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Daniel Q. Karaty
Born (1976-10-01) October 1, 1976 (age 47)
outside New York City, USA
Occupation(s) TV personality, dancer, choreographer

Daniel Quinn Karaty (born October 1, 1976) is an American TV personality and dancer. He is a judge and choreographer on several versions of the global dance competition program So You Think You Can Dance , including the American, Australian, Canadian versions. In addition, Karaty starred in "Soof".

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Personal

Both of Karaty's parents were performers on Broadway.

Karaty was born just outside New York City [1] to Broadway veterans Tom and Jane Karaty.

Career

He made his own Broadway debut in the musical Footloose during his junior year in college.

Karaty appeared as a judge on the Canadian and Dutch/Belgian versions of So You Think You Can Dance. [2]

Karaty also appeared on Bravo's fall 2009 series Launch My Line, a reality show that pairs professionals of a specific industryin Karaty's case, dance/choreographyand experts in fashion design in order to create an apparel line. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Dan Karaty | Wyckoff NJ". Archived from the original on August 31, 2011. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
  2. Karaty will be judge at the Canadian and Dutch and Belgian version of So You Think You Can Dance Archived 2008-06-05 at the Wayback Machine