Dan Karaty
Daniel Quinn Karaty is an American TV personality, choreographer, and dancer who primarily appears on Dutch television. He has been a regular jury member on several dance competition programs, including Holland's Got Talent; Everybody Dance Now; Belgium's Got Talent; ; and the American, Australian, Canadian, and Belgian/Dutch versions of So You Think You Can Dance. In his early career, he choreographed for Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears, and 'NSYNC.
Early life
Karaty was born in New York state, just outside of NYC, to Broadway performers Tom and Jane Karaty. He has four older siblings and grew up in Wyckoff, New Jersey. He started dancing at his parents' dance school, In the Spotlight in nearby Waldwick, in 1989. He has a degree in journalism from New York University.Career
While in college, Karaty taught dance classes at Tremaine Dance Conventions, where he met his friend and future collaborator Wade Robson. He made his Broadway debut in the musical Footloose during his junior year in college. By his senior year, he was choreographing for Britney Spears' tour. Between 1999 and 2000, he also choreographed for Justin Timberlake, 'NSYNC, Kylie Minogue, and Jessica Simpson. In the early days of his career, he choreographed commercials for Xbox Kinect, iPod, Mattel, and Best Buy, as well as Britney Spears' first Pepsi commercial. In 2005, he first appeared on as a permanent judge on the American version of So You Think You Can Dance. In 2008, he became a permanent judge on the Belgian/Dutch version and was a guest judge on the Canadian and Australian versions. In 2009, he competed on Launch My Line. In 2010, he joined Holland's Got Talent as a main judge.In 2012, he choreographed an interactive musical, Lover of Loser, based on the book by Carry Slee. It toured the Netherlands throughout 2012 and 2013. He had his film debut as Jim in Soof in 2013. In 2015, he was a jury member on the first season of '. In 2018, he defeated Michael Boogerd on '; they had a rematch in 2022 at the HIT IT gala and Karaty lost to Boogerd. Karaty was replaced on the jury by Ali B for season 11 of Holland's Got Talent due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which prevented him from leaving the United States. He joined Everybody Dance Now in 2022 and in 2023.