Lil' C
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Christoper A. Toler |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California  |
| Genres | Krump, Hip-hop |
| Occupations | Dancer, choreographer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
Christopher "Lil' C" Toler (born January 19, 1983) is an American dancer and choreographer best-known for co-inventing the hip-hop dance style krumping and for his choreography and judging on the TV show So You Think You Can Dance. In 2005 he appeared as himself in the krumping documentary Rize. Since appearing in the film he has danced for several musical artists, including Missy Elliott, Fall Out Boy, and Madonna, and was cast as a featured dancer in the 2007 art exhibit Slow Dancing. He continues to serve as a guest judge and choreographer on the sixth season of So You Think You Can Dance.
[edit] Career
Lil' C has appeared in music videos for artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Ciara, Missy Elliott, Christina Millian, Sean Paul, Fall Out Boy, Gwen Stefani, Se7en, and Madonna.[1] He has also choreographed for television programs and movies including Be Cool, Fox's Bones, the 2007 Teen Choice Awards, the 2007 NAACP Image Awards, and Bring It On Again.[1] Other television credits include The 50th Annual Grammy Awards, VH1 Big in 06 Awards, and the 2005 American Music Awards.[2] He also appeared in the film Stomp the Yard as a dancer.[2]
Lil' C was featured in the 2005 documentary Rize, a film that documents the history of the krumping and clowning dance styles from Los Angeles. Along with Ceasare "Tight Eyez" Willis he is credited with developing krumping.[3][4][5]
Since 2006, Lil' C has been a judge and choreographer on the Fox reality dance competition So You Think You Can Dance. His critiques on the show are characterized as being winding, elaborate, and annoyingly verbose analysis of the dancers' performances.[citation needed] He choreographed one dance routine in season 2 and two routines in season 3. Although he did not choreograph any dance numbers in season 4 or season 5, he did serve as a guest judge.
In 2007, Lil' C was cast in the David Michalek traveling exhibit Slow Dancing, "a series of 43 larger-than-life, hyper-slow-motion video portraits of dancers and choreographers from around the world, displayed on multiple screens. Each [dancer]'s movement (approximately 5 seconds long) was shot on a specially constructed set using a high-speed, high-definition camera recording at 1,000 frames per second (standard film captures 24 frames per second). The result is approximately 10 minutes of extreme slow motion."[6] The exhibit has traveled to New York City, Los Angeles, Toronto, Venice, and London.
In 2008, he choreographed two routines for the first season of So You Think You Can Dance Canada. He returned to Canada in 2009 and choreographed another routine for the second season. He then went back to Los Angeles to serve as a guest judge and choreographer on the sixth season of the U.S. version of So You Think You Can Dance.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "SYTYCD Cast: Lil' C". RealityBug.com. http://www.realitybug.com/soyouthinkyoucandance/cast/196-Lil-C. Retrieved 2009-10-06.
- ^ a b http://www.fox.com/dance/bios.htm
- ^ Voynar, Kim (July 12, 2005). "News Releases: Rize". Cinematical.com (Weblogs Network). http://www.cinematical.com/2005/07/12/new-releases-rize/. Retrieved 2009-08-27.
- ^ Jones, Jen (September 1, 2005). "Behind the Scenes of David LaChapelle's Documentary "Rize"". Dance Spirit magazine. http://www.dancespirit.com/articles/1452. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
- ^ Shiri Nassim (producer). (2005). The Heart of Krump. [DVD]. Los Angeles: Ardustry Home Entertainment, Krump Kings Inc.
- ^ "About". SlowDancingFilms.com. http://www.slowdancingfilms.com/about_en.php. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
[edit] External links
- Lil' C at Facebook
- Lil' C on Twitter
- Lil' C at the Internet Movie Database
- Slow Dancing exhibit
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