# Stacey Tookey

Stacey Tookey (born July 10, 1976) is a Canadian choreographer and dancer known for her frequent appearances as a resident choreographer and guest judge on the Canadian and American versions of the dance-competition reality-television show So You Think You Can Dance.
Tookey served as director on the sold-out 2009 So You Think You Can Dance Canada Tour. She also choreographed the music video for the song "Jar of Hearts" by pop singer Christina Perri and appeared on the CBBC show The Next Step.

## Early life and education

She was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. Stacey Tookey is currently 47 years old. Her siblings are Kevin Tookey and Kelci Tookey. Stacez is married to Gene Gabriel.
Tookey is the eldest child of parents Shelley and Wayne Tookey. She studied ballet and contemporary dance with the Ballet British Columbia Mentor Program, Fusion Dance Company, and as a member of the National Basketball Association's Grizzlies Extreme Dance Team.

## Career

Tookey has worked with musical artists including Michael Bublé, Celine Dion, Bette Midler and Justin Timberlake.
She has also performed in concerts as a member of Mia Michaels company R.A.W. and with the Parsons Dance Project in Seoul, South Korea. Other performances include appearing in Carmen with the Houston Grand Opera in Houston, Texas.
She served as assistant choreographer for the Broadway production of A Few Good Men Dancin in New York City, New York.
In 2002, Tookey relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada, where she was an original cast member for the entire five-year run of Celine Dion's show A New Day... at Caesars Palace. Other performances with Dion include appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The 2004 World Music Awards, Larry King Live, CNN's New Year's Eve Countdown Live in Times Square and A&E's biography of Dion.
She was nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for So You Think You Can Dance (season 5) in 2010. She was nominated again in 2011 for her work on the show's seventh season and in 2012 for her work on the show's eighth season.
Tookey represented Canada at the Genée International Ballet Competitions in London, England.
In addition to performing, Tookey teaches master classes in Mexico, Italy, Argentina and throughout North America, and has been the recipient of many choreography awards.
She is on the faculty of the NUVO dance convention.

## Choreography for So You Think You Can Dance

| Season | Week | Dancers | Style | Music |
| Season 1 (Canada) | Week 1 | Vincent-Oliver Noiseux Lisa Auguste | Contemporary | "Slow Me Down"—Emmy Rossum |
| Season 1 (Canada) | Week 7 | Vincent-Oliver Noiseux Natalli Reznik | Contemporary | "Happy Ending"—Mika |
| Season 1 (Canada) | Week 9 | Nico Archambault Allie Bertram | Contemporary | "Permanent"—David Cook |
| Season 5 (US) | Week 2 | Karla Garcia Jonathan Platero | Contemporary | "Falling Slowly"—The Frames |
| Season 5 (US) | Week 8 | Kayla Radomski Brandon Bryant | Contemporary | "All I Want"—Ahn Trio |
| Season 2 (Canada) | Week 1 | Melanie Mah Cody Bonnell | Contemporary | "Taking Chances"—Celine Dion |
| Season 2 (Canada) | Week 3 | Corynne Barron Austin Di Iulio | Contemporary | "Never Say Never"—The Fray |
| Season 2 (Canada) | Week 4 | Kim Gingras Emanuel Sandhu | Contemporary | "To Build a Home"—The Cinematic Orchestra |
| Season 2 (Canada) | Week 6 | Amy Gardner Cody Bonnell | Contemporary | "Come Home"—OneRepublic feat. Sara Bareilles |
| Season 2 (Canada) | Week 6 | Group Routine | Contemporary | "Hometown Glory"—Adele |
| Season 2 (Canada) | Week 8 | Tara-Jean Popowich Vincent Desjardins | Contemporary | "It Doesn't Hurt" (Studio Version)—Katie Thompson |
| Season 2 (Canada) | Week 9 | Jayme Rae Dailey Vincent Desjardins | Contemporary | "Can't Stop Thinking About You"—Martin Sexton |
| Season 6 (US) | Week 2 | Kathryn McCormick Jonathan "Legacy" Perez | Contemporary | "2 Steps Away"—Patti LaBelle |
| Season 6 (US) | Week 3 | Channing Cooke Victor Smalley | Contemporary | "Be Be Your Love" (Live at KRCW)—Rachael Yamagata |
| Season 7 (US) | Week 2 | Melinda Sullivan Ade Obayomi | Contemporary | "Squander"—Skunk Anansie |
| Season 7 (US) | Week 3 | Billy Bell Kathryn McCormick | Contemporary | "Jar of Hearts"—Christina Perri |
| Season 7 (US) | Week 7 | Kathryn McCormick Robert Roldan | Contemporary | "Heaven is a Place on Earth"—Katie Thompson |
| Season 7 (US) | Week 7 | Billy Bell Ade Obayomi | Contemporary | "Mad World" (Alternate Version) —Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules |
| Season 7 (US) | Week 9 | Kent Boyd Allison Holker | Contemporary | "Sundrenched World" (Live Session)—Joshua Radin |
| Season 3 (Canada) | Week 2 | Charlene Hart Jeff Mortensen | Contemporary | "Breathing"—Alisa Turner |
| Season 3 (Canada) | Week 3 | Julia Harnett Jesse Weafer | Contemporary | "Falling"—Florence and the Machine |
| Season 3 (Canada) | Week 5 | Amanda Cleghorn Sebastian Mersch | Contemporary | "Hyperballad"—Whitley |
| Season 3 (Canada) | Week 6 | Danielle Gardner Jeff Mortensen | Contemporary | "Elephant in the room"—Richard Walters |
| Season 3 (Canada) | Week 7 | Charlene Hart Mackenzie Green | Contemporary | "One Day Like This"—Elbow |
| Season 3 (Canada) | Week 8 | Amanda Cleghorn Jeff Mortensen | Contemporary | "Dancing"—Elisa |
| Season 3 (Canada) | Week 9 | Group Routine | Contemporary | "Undone" (With the Hagerman Quartet)—DeVotchKa |
| Season 8 (US) | Meet the Top 20 | Ricky Jamie Miranda Maleski Sasha Mallory Melanie Moore | Contemporary | "In This Shirt"—The Irrepressibles |
| Season 8 (US) | Week 2 | Caitlynn Lawson Mitchell Kelly | Contemporary | "Turning Tables"—Adele |
| Season 8 (US) | Week 2 | Clarice Ordaz Jess LeProtto | Contemporary | "Cathedrals"—Jump, Little Children |
| Season 8 (US) | Week 6 | Jess LeProtto Kathryn McCormick | Contemporary | "The Lonely"—Christina Perri |
| Season 8 (US) | Week 9 | Melanie Moore Robert Roldan | Contemporary | "Sacrifice"—Sinéad O'Connor |
| Season 8 (US) | Week 9 | Melanie Moore Sasha Mallory | Contemporary | "Heart Asks Pleasure First"—Ahn Trio |
| Season 4 (Canada) | Week 1 | Jordan Clark Joey Arrigo | Contemporary | "For the People"—Mark Huculak |
| Season 4 (Canada) | Week 1 | Teya Wild Kevin Howe | Contemporary | "You Lost Me"—Christina Aguilera |
| Season 4 (Canada) | Week 5 | Geisha Chin Joey Arrigo | Contemporary | "Gasoline Rainbows"—Amy Kuney |
| Season 4 (Canada) | Week 8 | Lindsay Leuschner Shane Simpson | Contemporary | "Uninvited"—Alanis Morissette |
| Season 4 (Canada) | Week 9 | Jordan Clark Christian Millette | Contemporary | "All in Love Is Fair"—Stevie Wonder |
| Season 9 (US) | Meet the Top 20 | Janaya French Matthew Kazmierczak Dareian Kujawa Amelia Lowe | Contemporary | "Modern Drift"—Efterklang |
| Season 9 (US) | Week 3 | Witney Carson Chehon Wespi-Tschopp | Contemporary | "I Will Always Love You"—Whitney Houston |
| Season 9 (US) | Week 5 | Eliana Girard Alex Wong | Contemporary | "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"—Nancy Sinatra |
| Season 9 (US) | Week 8 | Chehon Wespi-Tschopp Allison Holker | Contemporary | "Leave" from Once |
| Season 10 (US) | Meet the Top 20 | Makenzie Dustman Nico Greetham Jasmine Harper Tucker Knox | Contemporary | "Goes On and On"—Sleeping at Last |
| Season 10 (US) | Week 2 | Alexis Juliano Nico Greetham | Contemporary | "Old Skin"—Ólafur Arnalds & Arnór Dan |
| Season 10 (US) | Week 2 | Mariah Spears Carlos Garland | Contemporary | "Dead in the Water"—Ellie Goulding |
| Season 10 (US) | Week 4 | Top 14 | Contemporary | "New World"—The Irrepressibles |
| Season 10 (US) | Week 6 | Top 6 Girls | Contemporary | "Young and Beautiful" (DH Orchestral Version)—Lana Del Rey |
| Season 10 (US) | Week 7 | Aaron Turner Kathryn McCormick | Contemporary | "Kissing You"—Des'Ree |
| Season 10 (US) | Week 10 | Amy Yakima Robert Roldan | Contemporary | "Say Something"—A Great Big World |

## Personal life

Tookey married actor Gene Gabriel on October 16, 2005, and resides in Los Angeles, California. They have a daughter born in January 2015.