Singer-songwriter Brendan Urie had a request: He wanted to begin his band Panic! At The Disco’s “Sad Clown” music video with a pony step. Choreographer Monika Felice Smith was happy to oblige—and to take the absurd, over-the-top vibe Urie was going for to an even more elevated extreme. The resulting video features dancers in big […]

Zoï Tatopoulos’ choreography gets called a lot of things, but the one label that she keeps hearing is “alien.” As seen in her choreography for FKA twigs’ 2024 music video “Eusexua,” Tatopoulos’ approach to dance—writhing, crawling, contorting, and entirely mesmerizing—is challenging the possibilities of the body in commercial choreography. Role: Independent choreographer, represented by McDonald/Selznick […]