Just finished a dance video that I've been working on since mid October. I was trying something very ambitious, for myself -choreographing, directing, shooting and editing the whole thing! The dancers in it were Dannie Boston, Jon Burdine, Lauren Garrett and Soehy Sugihara.
Matt Cady is the creator and choreographer for the world-renowned dance crew, Fanny Pak, who starred on MTV's America's Best Dance Crew, season 2. In 2008, Fanny Pak became the first dance crew to ever receive an award at the MTV Video Music Awards. More recently, the dance crew also filmed dance sequences for the new movie, Honey 2. Matt choreographed the music videos "Truly In Love" by Lil' Mama (feat. Fanny Pak), and "China Doll" by Natalise. He's choreographed live stage performances for artists such as Shoshana Bean, Ty, Natalise, and under the direction of Brian Friedman, Lauren Hildebrandt. He's also assisted choreographed on the kid's television show "Hip Hop Harry". His dancing credits include Missy Elliot, ABC Family's "Life of an American Teenager", Jessica Simpson, Finger 11, and Erin Hamilton. Matt is a sought after dance instructor, and teaches on the elite faculty of Monsters of Contemporary/Hip Hop Dance Convention, Triple Threat Dance Convention, Intrigue Dance Convention, The In10sive, RISE Dance Convention, and Fusion Dance Camp. In addition to traveling across the US and the world teaching in such places as Tokyo, Madrid, Barcelona, London and all over Canada, he also teaches in Los Angeles, regularly at Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio, EDGE Performing Arts Center, and Millennium Dance Complex.
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Dance |
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| Unity Dance Ensemble | Company Member | Dir: Tessandra Chavez |
| collidE Dance Company | Company Member | Dir: Erica Sobol |
Film/Television |
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| Keeping Up With The Kardashians | Choreographer | BMP/Ryan Seacrest Productions |
| MTV Video Music Awards/feat. Fanny Pak | Himself | MTV |
| Americas Best Dance Crew/feat. Fanny Pak | Choreographer | MTV |
| Hip Hop Hary | Asst. Choreographer | C to the B Productions |
| The Choreographer/Pilot | Contributing Chor. | Hi Hat Entertainment |
| Int Spot/"The Next Shining Star" | Co-Choreographer | Dir: Kelly Doland |
| The Robert LaPlae Story | Choreographer | |
Music Videos |
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| Toni Braxton/"Make My Heart" | Contributing Chor. | Dir: Billy Woodruff |
| Lil' Mama/"Truly in Love" | Choreographer | Dir: Gobi M. Rahmi |
| Natalise/"China Doll" | Choreographer | Dir: Michael Wormser |
Stage |
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| Gay Pride/Las Vegas/Open Artists | Choreographer | Guy B Productions |
| Lauren Hildabrandt Album Release | Contributing Chor. | Chor: Brian Friedman |
| Art 4 Life | Contributing Chor. | Chor: Gina Starbuck |
| Americas Best Dance Crew/US National Tour | Contributing Chor. | Dir: Tabitha & Napoleon Dumo |
| Natalise/Promo Tour | Artistic Director/Chor. | Stars823 Recording |
| Carnival/Choreographers Ball | Resident Chor. | DMK |
| Grease-The Musical/FRINGE 04' | Choreographer | Dir: Amanda Swann |
Teaching |
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| Monsters of Contemporary Dance Convention | Faculty | Dir: Andy Funk |
| Intrigue Dance Intensive | Faculty | Dir: Kevin Aubin |
| Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio | Faculty | Debbie Reynolds |