Performer

MUSIC VIDEOS

Derek has appeared or performed in some music videos for a variety of artists, including:

• Kellie Pickler’s music video for Someone Somewhere Tonight: Choreographer and Performer.

• Cheryl Cole’s music video for Parachute; Choreographer and Performer.
• Kate Voegele’s music video 99 Times. Cameo performance.
• Rapper Lil’ Kim’s music video Download. Cameo appearance
• George Michael Video – Lead Dancer – Bikini Films (UK only)

 FILMOGRAPHY

• 20/20 – Interview
• 65th Primetime Emmy Awards – Performer/Recipient
• Access Hollywood – Interviews
• Access Hollywood Live – Co-Host
• Arsenio Hall Show – Guest
• Better With You – Actor/Choreographer
• Bonnie Hunt Show – Interview
• Cheryl Cole’s Night In – Performer/Choreographer
• Dance X – Choreographer
• Dancing With the Stars – Performer/Choreographer
• Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Promotion (Commercial) – Performer/Choreographer
• E! News – Co-Host
• Ellen Show – Interviews/Performer
• Entertainment Tonight – Interviews
• Extra – Interviews/Performer
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – Participant
• Family Dance-Off – Host
• Good Morning America – Interviews/Performer
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: Movie – Actor
• Larry King Live – Interviews/Performer
• Live With Regis and Kelly – Interviews/Performer
• Live With Kelly – Performer/Co-Host
• Live With Kelly and Michael – Interviews
• Lip Sync Battle – Competitor w/Julianne Hough
• Make Your Move  3D: Movie – Actor
• Mark and Derek’s Excellent Flip (HGTV) – Host w/Mark Ballas
• Nashville – recurring role as Noah West
• Nightline – Interview
• Oprah Winfrey Show – Interviews/Performer/Choreographer
• Primetime Emmy Awards (2013) – Performer
• Punk’d – Performer
• Rachel Ray – Interview
• Red or Black (UK TV show) – Performer
• Ridiculousness (MTV) – Interview
• Rock of Ages: Movie – Cameo Performer
• The Insider – Interviews/Co-Host
• The View – Interviews/Performer/Co-Host
• TV Guide Network – Interview
• Walt Disney Christmas Day Parade – Performer
• Who Wants To Be A Millionaire – Participant
• Young Hollywood Awards – Performer / Recipient

THEATER  and STAGE

NEW YORK SPRING SPECTACULAR
With previews from March 11-March 25, 2015, and for 64 performances between March 26 to May 3, 2015, Derek played Jack, the male lead role, in this off-Broadway show featuring the world famous Rockettes. In this limited seven-week engagement, the other stars include Tony award winning-actress Laura Benanti, Whoopi Goldberg, Bella Thorne, Carmelo Anthony, Donald Trump, Martha Stewart, and Henrik Lundqvist. The show was performed at Radio City Music Hall, and was jointly produced by Madison Square Garden Entertainment and Weinstein Live Entertainment. Derek left the show unexpectedly due to foot injuries two weeks before the show finale.

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.)

LONDON THEATRE

• Footloose: The Musical – Ren (Lead) – Novello Theatre (London’s WEST END, 2006)
• Footloose: The Musical – Ren (Lead) – National Tour 2006

 

•  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
• Jesus Christ Superstar – Jesus – Millfield Theatre
• Cabaret – Cliff – Avondale Theatre
• Real Lives – Presenter – Children’s TV
• The Master Thief – Master Thief – UST Company, M. Theatre 

MOVE LIVE ON TOUR 2015

MOVE Live on Tour 2015 style! For another season, Derek and Julianne brought their fantastic, interactive “rock concert for dance” to more cities around the United States.  Starting in Phoenix on June 12 and continuing until August 8 in Las Vegas, this amazing show has gotten bigger and better. To sold out halls of 2,000 to 7,000 people in 42 cities, some even with matinee performances, Derek and Julianne entertained and inspired with their talents, their hearts, and their overarching message: “Dare to love; dare to cry; dare to feel; dare to try; dare to MOVE.” 

Below is the 2015 promo for the MOVE Live on Tour show, and to read about this incredible one-of-a-kind experience for fans, I’ve included a blog written by Cathy for PDH about three of the shows that she was fortunate enough to attend. Click here.

MOVE Live on Tour 2016? Maybe! Maybe not! Derek hinted at one of the Q & A sessions that their “show” next year may not be a show like the last two, but more of a “MOVE Experience”. Hmmm. Sounds interesting.

MOVE LIVE ON TOUR 2014
In May of 2014, Derek and his sister Julianne created an interactive tour that traveled to 42 cities in a two month period. Derek likened the tour they produced to a rock concert, only for dance. It was called Move Live On Tour. Along with their company of dancers, the siblings, ala Donny and Marie, performed, danced, sang, and interacted with the audience, and encouraged the audience to “get up and move”. The show featured solo, duet and group dance performances in ballroom, tap, jazz, contemporary, hip-hop and more. The tour was a HUGE success, with most of the shows being sold out.

MOVIE STAR
In April of 2011, Derek began filming his first full length film, Make Your Move 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” (the original title of the film )means “drum like dancing, dance like drumming” and showcases Japanese taiko drumming. Make Your Move was released on April 18, 2014 to a limited audience in 142 theaters across the United States, and to a limited market in Europe and Asia. The 3D version was not shown in the United States.

CALIFORNIA PHILHARMONIC
On July 27 and July 28, 2013, Derek performed with the California Philharmonic Orchestra at the Santa Anita Racetrack and the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Derek sang two songs (Go to Music ♬ on this site to hear him sing.), and he also danced with troupe member Emma Slater. In the news video below Derek talks about this performance.

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.

MOVIE CAMEO – (uncredited actor) Harry Potter: The Philosopher’s Stone (Warner Bros, 2001) Derek played a very small part as a Ravenclaw school boy at Hogwart. You can see him in the film when Hermione is walking through the Great Hall; she walks right by him. Watch here in the first few seconds of this clip. Look for a young Derek.

Accomplishments (continued) : Music ♬

Accomplishments are prepared by @donamadrina.