Al Blackstone

Al Blackstone is a choreographer known for his work on So You Think You Can Dance, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won once for choreography.

Career

Blackstone made his Broadway debut as a dancer in the ensemble of Wicked.

He later choreographed routines for So You Think You Can Dance. In 2018, he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Choreography for his work on the series.

In 2020, Blackstone won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming for So You Think You Can Dance, with the Television Academy listing the routines “I’ll Be Seeing You,” “Mambo Italiano,” and “The Girl From Ipanema” for the winning entry.

Blackstone has taught at Broadway Dance Center, where he is listed as guest faculty, and Dance Teacher has reported that he taught at Pace University.