Choreographer to Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake and many more Misha Gabriel

On this episode World Renowned Choreographer Misha Gabriel, stops by to speak about his newest collab with Capital Cities single featuring Andre 3000 "Farrah Fawcett Hair". 

 

Who is Misha Gabriel?

Gabriel was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. His mother, Irina Brecher, is a ballet dancer from Romania.^[3] Gabriel, who was raised in Larkspur, Colorado, began dancing at the early age of two years. He appeared with Janet Jackson for three years in a number of her videos, TV shows, and live performances. He also took part in shows by Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera, Chris Brown, Ne-Yo, The Pussycat Dolls, Hilary Duff, John Legend, Kylie Minogue, and Omarion.^[4]

He has worked in several American commercials and in the movies Jackass Number Two, Clerks 2, and Center Stage: Turn It Up.

Gabriel was selected as a principal dancer for Michael Jackson's This Is It concerts and was set to perform in all 50 shows scheduled for the O2 Arena in London, England. The concerts were canceled 18 days before the dancers were set to travel to London due to Jackson's death. Gabriel was subsequently featured along with the 10 other dancers in the concerts' behind the scenes film, Michael Jackson's This Is It.

He then appeared in a major role, as Eddie, Sean (Ryan Guzman's) best friend, in the film Step Up Revolution (2012), directed by Scott Speer and Step Up: All In (2014), directed by Trish Sie.

He choreographed in:

• Justin Timberlake's live show FutureSex/LoveShow as a choreographer (2007)
• Music video for BoA's single "Eat You Up" in 2008
• In 2009, he was part of a planned This Is It series of 50 concerts by Michael Jackson to be held at the O2 Arena in London that was canceled because of Jackson's sudden death three weeks before the show's inaugural event. He was part of the backup dancers on Michael Jackson's This Is It
• The Pussycat Dolls' Doll Domination Tour
• The Cheetah Girls One World Tour
• Sara Lee/High School Musical 3 commercial
• Raven-Symoné's "Supernatural" and Dancing With the Stars
• Justin Bieber's Never Say Never Tour
• SHINee's amigo   

For more info on Misha Gabriel follow him on social media @mishagabriel