Nick Lazzarini

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Nick Lazzarini (born August 4, 1984) is an American dancer. He is best known as the first season winner on the Fox reality show So You Think You Can Dance . He is a trained dancer in jazz, lyrical, hip hop, ballet and modern dance styles.

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Early life

My mom used to play a lot of music when I was a baby—I'd prop myself up on the coffee table and wiggle myself around.

Nick Lazzarini, People magazine, October 2005 [1]

Lazzarini was born to Italian American parents. Lazzarini grew up in Mountain View, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. He graduated from Springer Elementary in Mountain View, California and Blach Intermediate School in Los Altos, California. [2] Lazzarini began attending Showbiz when he was 8 years old. [3] In the early 2000s, he travelled every other weekend from San Francisco to Fresno to dance at Dance Rage. He was trained under Keith Banks. [3] His performance at Showbiz in 2001 caught the attention of Dance Spirit magazine, and they featured him on the cover of their October 2001 issue. [4]

At the time of his appearance on "So You Think You Can Dance," he was living in Van Nuys, California.

Early career

Lazzarini has been dancing since age four and began teaching and doing choreography at age fourteen. [2]

In 2003, Lazzarini, competing as part of a dance group called Hot Under The Collar, appeared on CBS's "Star Search" remake.

Prior to competing on the Fox reality show, Lazzarini spent two years at the Dance Company of San Francisco and also toured Europe with the RAW dance company, which was founded by choreographer Mia Michaels, one of the judges on "So You Think You Can Dance".

So You Think You Can Dance

Lazzarini was the first person who auditioned for the show before it even began. Nigel and Bonnie Lythgoe approached him to see if he would be a good match for a show they were then planning. [5] For his win on the first season of the show, Lazzarini received a cash prize of $100,000 and the use of a penthouse apartment in Manhattan for one year. According to judge Nigel Lythgoe, Lazzarini chose to exchange the value of the apartment for a cash equivalent. [6]

WeekPartnerChoreographer(s)StyleSongResult
1Kamilah BarrettBlake Anthony
Marty Kudelka		 Hip-Hop "Touch"—Omarion Safe
2 Michelle Brooke Glenn Weiss Quickstep "It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing)"—Geoff Love and his OrchestraBottom 3
Result Show Solo"Storm"— Lifehouse Safe
3Kamilah BarrettDoriana Sánchez Disco "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"—Sylvester Safe
4 Mary Murphy Tango "Tanguedia"—Prandi Sound Dance OrchestraSafe
Doriana SánchezPop"I Drove All Night"—Celine Dion
5 Alex Da Silva Mambo "Mambo Cool"—Ernesto Marquez and his OrchestraSafe
Mia Michaels Contemporary"King of Pain"—The Police
6 Melody Lacayanga Tyce Diorio Broadway"All That Jazz"—Chicago Safe
Brian Friedman Disco "Knock on Wood"—Amii Stewart
Top 6's SoloContemporary"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"— Jeffrey Gaines Safe
7 Melody Lacayanga Mary Murphy Paso Doble "España cañí"—Boston Pops Orchestra Winner
Jamile McGee Dan Karaty Hip-hop "(Holla Back) Young'n"—Fabolous
Ashlé Dawson Shane Sparks "Feel the Girl"—Ms. Jade
Top 4's SoloContemporary Jazz"Pardon Me"— Incubus
8Top 16 Shane Sparks Hip-Hop"Pump It"—The Black Eyed Peas

Post SYTYCD

Lazzarini became the first person to appear on the cover of Dance Spirit twice, with the January 2006 issue. [7] Beginning in March 2006, Lazzarini became a founding member (of 15) of the Evolution Dance Company, which debuted at the OC Pavilion in Santa Ana, California, alongside SYTYCD alumni Melody Lacayanga and Craig DeRosa. Choreographers in the company include Liz Imperio and Mia Michaels. [8]

Lazzarini was formerly a faculty member of Jump Dance Convention (www.breakthefloor.com).

In November 2011, Oxygen Media announced that Nick, along with fellow dancers Travis Wall, Teddy Forance, and Kyle Robinson, is part of a series in development titled All the Right Moves. This docu-series follows the four dancers as they work to start a new dance company in LA called Shaping Sound. [9] He is co-creator of Shaping Sound, a traveling dance company that was still active in 2017. [10]

Personal life

Lazzarini is best friends with Melody Lacayanga, and they have been since their teens. He is also best friends with dancer and choreographer Travis Wall, whom he has known since he was 9 years old. He was fired from the dance company Break the Floor for posting then removing a video of himself online masturbating. [11]

Awards and honors

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  1. ↑ Rizzo, Monica (2005-10-24), "Nick Lazzarini SOUNDS OFF". People. 64 (17):42
  2. 1 2 Ridgeway, Eliza (October 26, 2005), "Nick Lazzarini, star of FOX's 'So You Think You Can Dance,' returns home for a visit" Archived 2008-10-21 at the Wayback Machine . Los Altos Town Crier.
  3. 1 2 Walker, Marisa (October 2001), "5 Days, 5 Nationals". Dance Spirit. 5 (8):66
  4. ↑ December 2005, "Always a WINNER". Dance Spirit. 9 (10):25
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  6. ↑ Martin, Ed (July 26, 2006), "Intimate Insights From Contestants and Judges On 'So You Think You Can Dance'" Archived 2008-03-11 at the Wayback Machine . Media Village
  7. ↑ Jarrett, Sara (January 2006), "That Special Something". Dance Spirit. 10 (1):22
  8. ↑ Carafano, Michelle (March 2006), "Evolution in OC" Dance Spirit. 10 (3):24
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  11. ↑ Bocknek, Morgan (October 28, 2021). "Choreographer Nick Lazzarini pulled from dance company tour following Star investigation". Toronto Star. Toronto Star . Retrieved 22 April 2022.
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