Billy Rugh
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Billy Rugh is one half of the choreography duo Billy & Mishka known for their work on the first two seasons of the CW's Legacies. Their choreography has also been seen on America's Got Talent, in the Pixar Play Parade remount at the Disneyland Resort, The Goo Goo Dolls Holiday Special "It's Christmas All Over", the VH1's Trailblazer Honors with Rita Ora, and in the upcoming film "I'm Not Chris Hemsworth" Billy & Mishka have created choreography for television, theatre, concerts, & videos; with artists such as LeAnn Rimes, Lily Tomlin, Alan Cumming, Susan Eagan, Rachel York, Joanna Gleason, Jennifer Holliday, Stephanie J. Block, and Jason Graae. Their work has been seen at Disney Hall, the Dolby, the Ford Amphitheater, the Alex Theatre, the Saban Theatre, Long Beach Civic Auditorium, Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts, Denver's Buell Theatre, and Miami's Arsht Center for the Performing Arts; and performed internationally in Canada, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, and Mexico.
As "Choral"ographers, they are well known for their extensive work in choral movement on organizations such as the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, Vox Femina Los Angeles, the Angel City Chorale, and the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles, among others.
They have served on the Congressional Arts Committee for Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and Congresswoman Judy Chu, were awarded the David Chow Humanitarian Award, founded and artistically directed Creative Planet School of the Arts, and partnered with the Phil Simon Clinic in Tanzania, Africa, collaborating with community leaders and children at a local AIDS orphanage to create arts programming and social theater. Most recently, they won the Australian Screen Industry Network's "Best Music Video" for their choreography & creative direction on Tosh Sherman's "Think Pink" music video.
As "Choral"ographers, they are well known for their extensive work in choral movement on organizations such as the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, Vox Femina Los Angeles, the Angel City Chorale, and the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles, among others.
They have served on the Congressional Arts Committee for Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and Congresswoman Judy Chu, were awarded the David Chow Humanitarian Award, founded and artistically directed Creative Planet School of the Arts, and partnered with the Phil Simon Clinic in Tanzania, Africa, collaborating with community leaders and children at a local AIDS orphanage to create arts programming and social theater. Most recently, they won the Australian Screen Industry Network's "Best Music Video" for their choreography & creative direction on Tosh Sherman's "Think Pink" music video.
