Stacey Tookey

Stacey Tookey
Stacey Tookey
	Tookey in 2013
Born	July 10, 1976 (age 48); Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Occupation(s)	Choreographer, dancer
Spouse	Gene Gabriel (m. 2005)
Children	1
Parent(s)	Shelley and Wayne Tookey
Website	staceyjtookey.com

Stacey Tookey (born July 10, 1976) is a Canadian choreographer and dancer known for her frequent appearances as a resident choreographer and guest judge on the Canadian and American versions of the dance-competition reality-television show So You Think You Can Dance.^[1]

Tookey served as director on the sold-out 2009 So You Think You Can Dance Canada Tour. She also choreographed the music video for the song "Jar of Hearts" by pop singer Christina Perri and appeared on the CBBC show The Next Step.

Early life and education

She was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta.^[2] Stacey Tookey is currently 47 years old. Her siblings are Kevin Tookey and Kelci Tookey. Stacez is married to Gene Gabriel.

Tookey is the eldest child of parents Shelley and Wayne Tookey. She studied ballet and contemporary dance with the Ballet British Columbia Mentor Program, Fusion Dance Company, and as a member of the National Basketball Association's Grizzlies Extreme Dance Team.^[3]

Career

Tookey has worked with musical artists including Michael Bublé, Celine Dion, Bette Midler and Justin Timberlake.

She has also performed in concerts as a member of Mia Michaels company R.A.W. and with the Parsons Dance Project in Seoul, South Korea. Other performances include appearing in Carmen with the Houston Grand Opera in Houston, Texas.

She served as assistant choreographer for the Broadway production of A Few Good Men Dancin in New York City, New York.^{[clarification needed]}

In 2002, Tookey relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada, where she was an original cast member for the entire five-year run of Celine Dion's show A New Day... at Caesars Palace. Other performances with Dion include appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The 2004 World Music Awards, Larry King Live, CNN's New Year's Eve Countdown Live in Times Square and A&E's biography of Dion.

She was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for So You Think You Can Dance (season 5) in 2010.^[4] She was nominated again in 2011 for her work on the show's seventh season and in 2012 for her work on the show's eighth season.

Tookey represented Canada at the Genée International Ballet Competitions in London, England.^[when?]

In addition to performing, Tookey teaches master classes in Mexico, Italy, Argentina and throughout North America, and has been the recipient of many choreography awards.^[which?]

She is on the faculty of the NUVO dance convention.

Choreography for So You Think You Can Dance

Season	Week	Dancers	Style	Music
Season 1 (Canada)	Week 1	Vincent-Oliver Noiseux Lisa Auguste	Contemporary	"Slow Me Down"—Emmy Rossum
	Week 7	Vincent-Oliver Noiseux Natalli Reznik		"Happy Ending"—Mika
	Week 9	Nico Archambault Allie Bertram		"Permanent"—David Cook
Season 5 (US)	Week 2	Karla Garcia Jonathan Platero	Contemporary	"Falling Slowly"—The Frames
Season 5 (US)	Week 8	Kayla Radomski Brandon Bryant	Contemporary	"All I Want"—Ahn Trio
Season 2 (Canada)	Week 1	Melanie Mah Cody Bonnell	Contemporary	"Taking Chances"—Celine Dion
	Week 3	Corynne Barron Austin Di Iulio		"Never Say Never"—The Fray
	Week 4	Kim Gingras Emanuel Sandhu		"To Build a Home"—The Cinematic Orchestra
	Week 6	Amy Gardner Cody Bonnell		"Come Home"—OneRepublic feat. Sara Bareilles
	Week 6	Group Routine		"Hometown Glory"—Adele
	Week 8	Tara-Jean Popowich Vincent Desjardins		"It Doesn't Hurt" (Studio Version)—Katie Thompson
	Week 9	Jayme Rae Dailey Vincent Desjardins		"Can't Stop Thinking About You"—Martin Sexton
Season 6 (US)	Week 2	Kathryn McCormick Jonathan "Legacy" Perez	Contemporary	"2 Steps Away"—Patti LaBelle
Season 6 (US)	Week 3	Channing Cooke Victor Smalley	Contemporary	"Be Be Your Love" (Live at KRCW)—Rachael Yamagata
Season 7 (US)	Week 2	Melinda Sullivan Ade Obayomi	Contemporary	"Squander"—Skunk Anansie
	Week 3	Billy Bell Kathryn McCormick		"Jar of Hearts"—Christina Perri
	Week 7	Kathryn McCormick Robert Roldan		"Heaven is a Place on Earth"—Katie Thompson
	Week 7	Billy Bell Ade Obayomi		"Mad World" (Alternate Version) —Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules
	Week 9	Kent Boyd Allison Holker		"Sundrenched World" (Live Session)—Joshua Radin
Season 3 (Canada)	Week 2	Charlene Hart Jeff Mortensen	Contemporary	"Breathing"—Alisa Turner
	Week 3	Julia Harnett Jesse Weafer		"Falling"—Florence and the Machine
	Week 5	Amanda Cleghorn Sebastian Mersch		"Hyperballad"—Whitley
	Week 6	Danielle Gardner Jeff Mortensen		"Elephant in the room"—Richard Walters
	Week 7	Charlene Hart Mackenzie Green		"One Day Like This"—Elbow
	Week 8	Amanda Cleghorn Jeff Mortensen		"Dancing"—Elisa
	Week 9	Group Routine		"Undone" (With the Hagerman Quartet)—DeVotchKa
Season 8 (US)	Meet the Top 20	Ricky Jamie Miranda Maleski Sasha Mallory Melanie Moore	Contemporary	"In This Shirt"—The Irrepressibles
	Week 2	Caitlynn Lawson Mitchell Kelly		"Turning Tables"—Adele
	Week 2	Clarice Ordaz Jess LeProtto		"Cathedrals"—Jump, Little Children
	Week 6	Jess LeProtto Kathryn McCormick		"The Lonely"—Christina Perri
	Week 9	Melanie Moore Robert Roldan		"Sacrifice"—Sinéad O'Connor
	Week 9	Melanie Moore Sasha Mallory		"Heart Asks Pleasure First"—Ahn Trio
Season 4 (Canada)	Week 1	Jordan Clark Joey Arrigo	Contemporary	"For the People"—Mark Huculak
	Week 1	Teya Wild Kevin Howe		"You Lost Me"—Christina Aguilera
	Week 5	Geisha Chin Joey Arrigo		"Gasoline Rainbows"—Amy Kuney
	Week 8	Lindsay Leuschner Shane Simpson		"Uninvited"—Alanis Morissette
	Week 9	Jordan Clark Christian Millette		"All in Love Is Fair"—Stevie Wonder
Season 9 (US)	Meet the Top 20	Janaya French Matthew Kazmierczak Dareian Kujawa Amelia Lowe	Contemporary	"Modern Drift"—Efterklang
	Week 3	Witney Carson Chehon Wespi-Tschopp		"I Will Always Love You"—Whitney Houston
	Week 5	Eliana Girard Alex Wong		"Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"—Nancy Sinatra
	Week 8	Chehon Wespi-Tschopp Allison Holker		"Leave" from Once
Season 10 (US)	Meet the Top 20	Makenzie Dustman Nico Greetham Jasmine Harper Tucker Knox	Contemporary	"Goes On and On"—Sleeping at Last
	Week 2	Alexis Juliano Nico Greetham		"Old Skin"—Ólafur Arnalds & Arnór Dan
	Week 2	Mariah Spears Carlos Garland		"Dead in the Water"—Ellie Goulding
	Week 4	Top 14		"New World"—The Irrepressibles
	Week 6	Top 6 Girls		"Young and Beautiful" (DH Orchestral Version)—Lana Del Rey
	Week 7	Aaron Turner Kathryn McCormick		"Kissing You"—Des'Ree
	Week 10	Amy Yakima Robert Roldan		"Say Something"—A Great Big World

Personal life

Tookey married actor Gene Gabriel on October 16, 2005, and resides in Los Angeles, California. They have a daughter born in January 2015.^[5]

References

^ The human quality of Stacey Tookey^{[dead link‍]} CTV.ca, October 7, 2009.
^ "Stacey Tookey Comes Home to Edmonton"^{[dead link‍]}. CTV Television Network. April 17, 2009.
^ Tookey, Stacey. "Stacey Tookey". Stacey Tookey. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
^ Database (undated). "Stacey Tookey – Awards". Internet Movie Database.
^ Tookey, Stacey (January 16, 2015). "What can I say I'm in LOVE! Harper Lily Jimenez made her debut Jan 13,2015 at 5:16pm! She is Rockin life so far and Mommy and Daddy are doing great too! Thanks for all your beautiful messages!!! @ggabriel70". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2016.

External links

Official website
Stacey Tookey at IMDb
"The Rise Of Choreographer Stacey Tookey". Dance Track magazine. Archived from the original on March 25, 2012.
SYTYCD7 - Billy Bell & Ade Obayomi - Mad World by Stacey Tookey

[1] The human quality of Stacey Tookey^{[dead link‍]} CTV.ca, October 7, 2009.

[bpost-2] "Stacey Tookey Comes Home to Edmonton"^{[dead link‍]}. CTV Television Network. April 17, 2009.

[3] Tookey, Stacey. "Stacey Tookey". Stacey Tookey. Retrieved July 15, 2023.

[4] Database (undated). "Stacey Tookey – Awards". Internet Movie Database.

[5] Tookey, Stacey (January 16, 2015). "What can I say I'm in LOVE! Harper Lily Jimenez made her debut Jan 13,2015 at 5:16pm! She is Rockin life so far and Mommy and Daddy are doing great too! Thanks for all your beautiful messages!!! @ggabriel70". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2016.

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