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Performer and Musician

PERFORMER

FILMOGRAPHY

  • 20/20 – Interview
  • Access Hollywood – Interviews
  • Better With You – Actor/Choreographer
  • Bonnie Hunt Show – Interview
  • Cheryl Cole’s Night In – Performer/Choreographer
  • Cobu 3D – Actor
  • Dance X – Choreographer
  • Dancing With the Stars – Performer/Choreographer
  • Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Promotion (Commercial) – Performer/Choreographer
  • Ellen Show – Interviews/Performer
  • Entertainment Tonight – Interviews
  • Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – Participant
  • Good Morning America – Interviews/Performer
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone – Actor
  • Larry King Live – Interviews/Performer
  • Live With Regis and Kelly – Interviews/Performer
  • Live With Kelly – Co-Host
  • Oprah Winfrey Show – Interviews/Performer/Choreographer
  • The Insider – Interviews/Host
  • The View – Interviews/Performer
  • TV Guide Network – Interview
  • Walt Disney Christmas Day Parade – Performer
  • Who Wants To Be A Millionaire – Participant

MOVIE STAR
In April of 2011, Derek began filming his first full length film, Cobu 3D. He has the starring role, along with Asian pop star BoA Kwon. The movie is a take off on the traditional Romeo and Juliet/West Side Story theme, with Derek and BoA playing the role of dancers who grew up in very different cultures. Though they are fiercely competitive when they first meet, they eventually fall in love. The tension and trauma begins because each of their brothers own competing dance clubs. Though tapping and Hip Hop are incorporated in this movie, it is the storyline that takes front and center. “Cobu” means “drum like dancing, dance like drumming” and showcases Japanese taiko drumming. Cobu 3D is scheduled to be released in 2012.

APPEARANCES WITH CHERYL COLE

On January 25, 2010, Derek appeared with the UK’s popular pop star Cheryl Cole at the Digital Life Design Conference in Munich, Germany, dancing with her to a dance that he had especially choreographed for her Parachute music video. (See on this site: CHOREOGRAPHY). In the late spring of 2010, he again appeared with Cheryl, sparking rumors about their ‘friendship’ due to their sultry, sensual dancing to her Parachute single. Cheryl was the supporting act for the UK leg of the Black Eyed Peas END World Tour 2010. Derek flew in after winning Season 10 of Dancing With the Stars to dance with Cheryl on this tour, appearing first at the O2 Arena in London on May 28, the LG Arena in Birmingham on June 1, followed by two dates in Paris on June 4 and June 5. On June 6, the pair appeared together, again dancing the sultry Parachute number in front of 75,000 people at Wembley Stadium in London for the Summertime Ball, sponsored by 98.5 Capital FM. Other acts for this ball included Rihanna, Usher, Justin Bieber, and JLS.

ON BROADWAY
On January 8, 2010, Derek made his broadway debut, performing in Burn the Floor, Jason Gilkison’s Latin and Ballroom electrifying dancing extravaganza. He replaced Maksim Chermkovskiy for the last four performances. His partner was fellow Dancing With The Stars pro, Kym Johnson. Mary Murphy of So You Think You Can Dance fame also headlined. (Derek greeting his fans at Stagedoor after the show.)

CAMEO PERFORMANCES
Derek appeared briefly in Kate Voegele’s music video 99 Times and also rapper Lil’ Kim’s music video Download.

LONDON THEATRE

  • Footloose: The Musical – Ren (Lead) – Novello Theatre (London)
  • Footloose: The Musical - Ren (Lead) – National Tour 2006

Footloose

  • Top Cat: The Musical - Choo-Choo – Phil McIntyre Entertainments
  • Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang – Company Dancer – London Palladium
  • Fosse Tribute Cabaret – Lead Dancer – Grosvenor House
  • Jack and the Beanstalk – Company – Theatre Royal, Windsor
  • George Michael Video – Lead Dancer – Bikini Films
  • Jesus Christ Superstar - Jesus – Millfield Theatre
  • Cabaret - Cliff – Avondale Theatre
  • Real Lives - Presenter – Children’s TV
  • Harry Potter: The Philosopher’s Stone – Featured – Warner Bros.
  • The Master Thief - Master Thief – UST Company, M. Theatre

MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTOR

Derek produced and directed his first music video in April of 2009 to the Ballas Hough Band’s song Do You Love Me.

MUSICIAN

  • BHB – Ballas Hough Band (August 9, 2008), Almost Amy signed with Hollywood Records
  • Almost Amy – (circa 1999) Band with Mark Ballas, Emily Grace, Sam Marder, Harry Sullivan
  • 2B1G – (1998) Band started with Mark Ballas and Julianne Hough