Danielle Polanco
| Danielle Polanco | |
|---|---|
 Danielle Polanco.jpg Polanco at the premiere of Step Up 2: The Streets, 2008 | |
| Born | Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| 💼 Occupation | Actress, choreographer, dancer, star |
| 📆 Years active | 2003–present |
Danielle Polanco is an American dancer and choreographer and actress. She is best known for being the leading lady in Omarion's music video Touch and for starring in the 2008 movie Step Up 2: The Streets, in which she portrayed Missy Serrano.[1]
Polanco has choreographed for Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Beyoncé Knowles.[1] She has also appeared as a dancer in numerous music videos for artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé, Amerie, Janet Jackson, Usher, Bruno Mars, and Kat DeLuna.[2] [3] [4]
Career
She claims to be a dancer who came up during the early 2000s ballroom era. [5] She is a voguer under the House of Ninja.[6]
She appeared in the Broadway revival of West Side Story as one of the Shark girls, Consuela.[7] In 2018, She also was the cheorographer in Pose on FX. She worked extensively with the cast and crew to represent ballroom for the LGBTQ community. [5]
In 2019, she choreographed a show for Agent Provocateur.[8]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Idlewild | Swop Dancer | |
| 2008 | Step Up 2: The Streets | Missy | |
| 2010 | Step Up 3D | Missy | |
| 2015 | The Wiz Live! | Ensemble |
Videography
- Tony Touch's "Dimelo" — dancer
- Ment 2B's "Wassup Wassup" — dancer
- MVP's "Roc Ya Body (Mic Check 1, 2)" (2003) — dancer
- Widelife feat. Simone Denny's "All Things (Queer Eye Theme)" (2003) — dancer
- Young Gunz's "Friday Night" (2004) — dancer
- Amerie's "1 Thing" (2005) — dancer
- Amerie's "Touch" (2005) — dancer
- Omarion's "Touch" (2005) — dancer
- Omarion's "I'm Tryna" (2005) — appearance
- Beyoncé's "Check On It" (2005) — dancer
- Ricky Martin's "Drop It On Me" (2005) — dancer
- LL Cool J featuring Jennifer Lopez's "Control Myself" (2006) — dancer
- Janet Jackson featuring Khia's "So Excited" (2006) — dancer and Choreographer
- Beyoncé's "Get Me Bodied" (2007) — dancer and Choreographer
- Beyoncé's "Suga Mama" (2007) — dancer and Choreographer
- Beyoncé's "Freakum Dress" (2007) — dancer
- Nelly's "Wadsyaname" (2007) — dancer
- Kat DeLuna's "Whine Up" (2007) — dancer
- Usher featuring Young Jeezy's "Love In This Club" (2008) — dancer
- Chris Brown's "Forever" (2008) — dancer
- Ne-Yo's "Miss Independent" (2008) — dancer
- Jennifer Lopez's "Fresh Out the Oven" — Choreographer
- Jennifer Lopez's "Good Hit" (Viral Video) (2011) — dancer and choreographer
- Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" (2011) — dancer
- Lady Gaga's "Judas" (2011) — dancer
- Beyoncé's "Run The World (Girls)" (2011) — dancer and choreographer
- Beyoncé's "Countdown" (2011) — dancer and choreographer
- Daddy Yankee's "Limbo" (2012) — dancer and choreographer
- Kelly Rowland's "Ice" (2012) — dancer
- Fergie's "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)" (2013) — dancer
- Beyoncé's "Partition" (2013) — Choreographer
- Jennifer Lopez's "Same Girl" (2014) — dancer
- Jennifer Lopez's "I Luh Ya Papi" (2014) — dancer
- Jolin Tsai's "I'm Not Yours" (2014) — Choreographer
- Bruno Mars' "Finesse" (2018) - dancer
- Janet Jackson featuring Daddy Yankee "Made For Now" (2018) - dancer and Choreographer
- Jason Derulo Lay Zhang featuring NCT 127 "Let's Shut Up and Dance" (2019) - Choreographer
- Addison Rae"Aquamarine" (2024) - Choreographe
- Karol G « Papasito »(2025)-choregrapher
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dancing in 'Streets' is fine, but story ...". Chicago Sun-Times. February 14, 2008. p. 33.
...the supporting cast of young dancers is especially strong, with fine work from Danielle Polanco as Andie's friend
- ↑ "J.Lo Enlists Help of Beyonce's Team for New Video". Essence. October 29, 2020.
- ↑ "Watch out Miley! Group of Siberian twerkers become internet sensation with 30 MILLION watching their dance video". Daily Mail. August 19, 2014.
- ↑ "Karol G Invites Fans to Go Behind the Scenes of Her 'Papasito' Video". Rolling Stones. July 7, 2025.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Ballroom's time to shine: 'Pose' choreographers Leiomy Maldonado and Danielle Polanco on bringing the ball to life". LA Times. July 21, 2018.
- ↑ "Danielle Polanco: From screen to the Broadway revival of West Side Story". Dance Spirit Magazine. Archived from the original on April 30, 2014. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
She eventually became a member of the House of Ninja.
Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Broadway-Bound West Side Story Revival Launches at DC's National Dec. 15". Playbill. Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2013. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Agent Provocateur Offer Dance And Desire For Their New Lingerie Campaign". Forbes. September 10, 2019.
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