Danielle Polanco

Danielle Polanco is an American dancer, choreographer, and actress. She is best known for influencing pop stars to wear heels while dancing.

Polanco has choreographed for Janet Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Beyoncé Knowles. 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.

Career

She claims to be a dancer who came up during the early 2000s ballroom era. She is a voguer under the House of Ninja.

She is also 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.

She appeared in the Broadway revival of West Side Story as one of the Shark girls, Consuela. In 2018, she also was the choreographer in Pose on FX. She worked extensively with the cast and crew to represent ballroom for the LGBTQ community.

In 2019, she choreographed a show for Agent Provocateur, which Forbes has called her "the ultra-talented."

Filmography

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) — choreographer
• Karol G "Papasito" (2025) — choreographer

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