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Melanie Moore

Melanie Moore (born September 17, 1991) is an American professional dancer and actress best known as the winner of the eighth season of the U.S. reality television competition So You Think You Can Dance.[1] According to the results announced on the broadcast, Moore won "overwhelmingly", garnering 47% of the vote in a four-way final tally.[2]

Melanie Moore
Moore at the 2015 Broadway production of Finding Neverland
Born (1991-09-17) September 17, 1991 (age 32)
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Dancer
  • actress
Known forWinning Season 8 of So You Think You Can Dance

Early life and education edit

Moore was educated in Marietta, Georgia, where she attended Lassiter High School and was crowned homecoming queen. At the time of the SYTYCD competition, she was a 19-year-old college freshman attending Fordham University at Lincoln Center in New York City.[3] Moore trained and competed for twelve years at Centre Stage School of Dance, followed by training at Rhythm Dance Center, both located in Marietta.[4] Moore won the National JUMP Senior Female VIP.[citation needed][when?]

Career edit

Moore appeared on the Oxygen TV show All the Right Moves as a member of the Shaping Sound Dance Company. She also appeared on the fourth season of Glee, as a dance pupil enrolled at NYADA.[5]

In 2015, Moore originated the role of Peter Pan in Finding Neverland on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater.[6], and was nominated for the Fred and Adele Astaire "Best Female Dancer" Award for her work in the role.[7] She played the role of Chava in the 2015 Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof until the show closed on December 31, 2016. She appeared in the 2017 Broadway revival of Hello Dolly! as Ermengarde through the end of the show's run in August 2018. In 2022 she joined the touring cast of To Kill a Mockingbird playing Scout Finch opposite Richard Thomas.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ Melanie Moore is new "SYTYCD" champion August 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ 'So You Think You Can Dance' crowns Melanie Moore as 8th season champion[dead link]
  3. ^ Fox TV profile August 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "'Rhythm Dance Center'". Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  5. ^ "Kate Hudson Talks 'Glee,' Wedding Plans and Motherhood (VIDEO)". Celebuzz. September 13, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  6. ^ "Melanie Moore Vault". Playbill. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  7. ^ "2015 Show and Ticket Sales". The Astaire Awards. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  8. ^ "Melanie Moore on cappuccino, carbs, and the California coast". Boston Globe. March 31, 2022.

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