The Carnival: Choreographer’s Ball

The Carnival: Choreographer’s Ball
Genre	R&B, Hip Hop, Funk, Modern, Rock
Dates	Monthly Showcase
Years active	2000 - present
Founded by	Carey Ysais, Paulette Azizian
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The Carnival: Choreographer’s Ball

The Carnival: Choreographer’s Ball show is the longest running dance show in Southern California, and a popular monthly showcase of the top/elite choreographers in the world (video, music, and film). The show is run in Hollywood, with satellite choreographer’s balls in Chicago, New York, Sydney, London, and Tokyo.

The show is considered the dance community's ultimate competitive venue for choreographers to perform or display their work.

The show was created by Los Angeles choreographers' Carey Ysais and Paulette Azizian in 1998 to give working choreographers and dancers a venue where they could have free artistic expression without the constraints of an artist, a director, or a script. Ysais modeled the show after a similar choreographer showcase that had run at Prince's Glam Slam nightclub in Los Angeles in the 1990s.

In order to be on the show, choreographers have to submit video tapes of their work in advance and/or audition, with established and elite choreographers given free access.

Performances include street dance, popping, funk, hip hop, tap dancing, modern, ballet, lyrical dance, spoken word, and performance art. Each show has up to 14 choreographers and/or their dancers who are given up to "five minutes of freedom" to work artistically and perform before their peers.

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