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 Charles
"Chucky" Klapow began his dancing career at age 12, dancing for
Patti LaBelle, Celine Dion, Kris Kross, Salt-N-Pepa, Melissa Etheridge,
and others in an all-star concert for the Pediatric AIDS Foundation. This
included a dancing spot in the Paula Abdul music video "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah."
By the time he was 15, Charles was an assistant to choreographer and
mentor, Marguerite Derricks. He assisted Marguerite and danced in Austin
Powers: International Man Of Mystery (1997), 3rd Rock from the Sun, and
Fame L.A., among others. Charles created a dance company with partner Wade
Robson in the mid-1990's called L.A. Images.
In the fall of 2000, Charles started choreographing for the Swedish pop
group, The A*Teens. He was their choreographer for music videos "Floorfiller,"
"Halfway Around the World," "Sugar Rush," "Can't Help Falling in Love,"
and "I Promised Myself" as well as their tour director and choreographer
from 2001-2003. These tours took Charles to Germany, Sweden and all over
the United States, with additional spot dates in Mexico, Spain, Russia,
and Denmark.
Charles was brought on board by Kenny Ortega (Dirty Dancing choreographer)
to help choreograph High School Musical (2006), a Disney Channel Original
Movie. Very quickly, Ortega became another mentor to Chucky as they
quickly developed a working chemistry together.
Ever since the inaugural season of the WNBA, Charles has been a
choreographer for the "Sparkids," the hip-hop squad which performs at all
Los Angeles Sparks home games. Beginning in 2005, Charles became
co-director of the squad under the direction of Christy Buss and he
assumes most of the choreography duties for the Sparkids. Charles has
choreographed commercials for companies including Gap Kids, Old Navy,
JCPenney, and Carl's Jr. He also choreographed "The Cheetah Girls 2" with
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