Derek Hough

Derek Hough is an Emmy Award-winning choreographer and New York Times Best-Selling Author of “Taking the Lead: Lessons from a Life in Motion.” The only five-time champion in franchise history of “Dancing with the Stars, Hough’s celebrity partners have included Brooke Burke, Ricki Lake, Nicole Scherzinger, Jennifer Grey, Kellie Pickler and Amber Riley, Hough’s innovative and daring choreography has garnered him a total of six Emmy Nominations. He starred in London’s West End production of “Footloose” in 2006. In 2013, he partnered with World Champion ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White to choreograph their short program for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, where the duo was awarded the gold medal after performing that routine, garnering record-setting scores and rave reviews. He is currently appearing in Season 20 of “Dancing With the Stars” with Olympic Gold medalist Nastia Liukin and is stars opposite Tony Award winning Laura Benanti in the New York Spring Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall in New York.