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Created by Allen Walls and Carey Ysais, the World Dance Awards saw its first ceremony on Sunday October 16th, at the Highlands nightclub in Hollywood, honoring choreographers in the media industry.

We were on the red carpet with our host Jason Carter, catching up with some of today's best industry choreographers. Take a look at our interviews with Travis Payne, Rich + Tone Talauega, Super Dave, Chuck Maldonado, Chris Dupré, Aisha Francis, Bradley Rapier, Aisha Francis, Ryan Heffington, Robert Schultz, Yusuf Nasir, Alex Wong, Lauren Gottlieb, Eddie Garcia, Toni Basil, Paulette Azizian, Carey Ysais, Allen Walls, Sharon Ferguson, Kevin Stea, Teresa Espinosa and Dave Scott.

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On Wednesday, January 27th, the Carnival Choreographer's Ball celebrated their 11th anniversary, at their new venue the Vanguard.

Julie McDonald was honored for being a pioneer of dance representation and for helping so many dancers and choreographers with their careers over the last 25 years. The award was presented to her by MSA partner Tony Selznick, Pussycat Dolls creator Robin Antin and the famous Paula Abdul.

DancePlug and host Leslie Scott spent the day (and night) in Hollywood, and chatted with some of the amazing choreographers and guests artists present at the big event. Check out our interviews with Sonya Tayeh, Rhapsody, The Beat Freaks, We Are Heroes, Stephen 'Twitch' Boss, Joshua Allen, Legacy, Phlex, Sideswipe, Andre Fuentes, Comfort Fedoke, Bettis Richardson, Bryan Tanaka, David Moore, Boogie, Paulette Azizian, Carey Ysais, and Shelli Margheritis from the MSA dance agency.

The DancePlug Team