Brian L. Friedman

(born May 28, 1977) is an American dancer and choreographer, and has created the choreography for many popular music artists - such as Beyoncé Knowles, Mariah Carey and Usher - as well as for music videos, concert tours and television and film productions.

（生于1977年5月28日）是美国舞蹈家和编舞，并制作了许多歌手，如Beyonce，Mariah Carey和亚Usher的 舞蹈，以及MV，巡回演唱会和电视、电影。

Early life

Born in Highland Park, Illinois, United States, Friedman's dance training began at 11 in his hometown of Scottsdale, Arizona. From an early age he appeared in various dance shows including “Newsies”, and “Kids Incorporated”, and by the age of 16 was responsible for his own dance studio. Friedman trained under Joe Tremaine, Kenny Ortega, Vince Patterson, and Twyla Tharp. As a young dancer, Friedman worked with such artists as Michael Jackson, Paula Abdul, Celine Dion, Melissa Etheridge, Salt N Pepa, and Patti LaBelle. He has been credited for providing choreography for films such as “Charlie’s Angels” and “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle”, among others.

Friedman also appeared in a singing group, "Blessed With Soul", along with Brittany Murphy, but left to pursue a career in dance. Friedman also co-owned a dance studio with his mother, Judi Friedman, called The Dance Source, which closed in 2000 so he could focus full-time on choreography

早期在高地公园，伊利诺伊州，美国，弗里德曼的舞蹈训练生于11开始在他的斯科茨代尔，亚利桑那州的家乡。从幼年开始，他出现在各种舞蹈节目，包括“Newsies”和“儿童团”，及16岁为自己的舞蹈工作室负责。弗里德曼在乔特里梅因训练，肯尼奥尔特加，文斯帕特森和特怀拉撒普。作为一个年轻的舞蹈家，他曾与迈克尔杰克逊等艺人，宝拉阿巴杜，席琳迪翁，梅利莎瑟里奇，盐ñ佩帕和佩蒂拉贝尔。他已记入为电影，如“霹雳娇娃”和“霹雳娇娃编舞：烈火战车”，等等。

他也出现在演唱组，''被灵魂保护''，随着墨菲，但要追求的舞蹈生涯。弗里德曼还共同拥有一个与他的母亲朱迪弗里德曼所谓的舞蹈来源，而在2000年关闭，所以他可以集中，全舞舞蹈工作室时间。

Choreography

Friedman has choreographed and directed many music videos and performances, such as Britney Spears' “Toxic” and “Slave 4 U”, “” by Mya, “The One” by Prince, and *NSYNC's “Dirty Pop". Friedman has also choreographed for various television shows including Will & Grace, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, David Letterman and the Billboard Music Awards.

Friedman released an interactive instructional dance DVD called 'FREESTYLE', teaching audiences the dance steps he himself used in his productions. He also is creative director of a dance work shop called The Pulse, where he tours around the world mentoring students.

编舞他的编排和执导过很多作品，如布兰妮“toxic”和“slave 4 U”，“My Love Is Like Wo”，“The One”，和*NSYNC's“的作品。他还编排各种电视节目，包括威尔与格雷斯带杰雷诺，大卫莱特曼和公告牌音乐奖今晚秀。

他曾发布了一个叫做“即兴”的互动式的教学舞蹈DVD，教学对象的舞步，他本人在他的作品使用。他同时是一个舞蹈作品叫做脉冲，在那里他周围的世界旅游购物指导学生的创意总监。

Television

Friedman appeared as a judge and choreographer on the show “So You Think You Can Dance?”. After two seasons, Friedman was offered a contract by Simon Cowell to appear on his show, “Grease Is the Word”. Following this, in 2007 Friedman became a judge on the UK series of The X Factor as part of a re-vamp to the show in series 4. Cowell created a brand new on-camera position just for Brian as Creative Director. Brian finished his judging duties on MTV's Top Pop Group and directed, choreographed and danced on 'Dancing with the Stars', before acting as producer and creative director for “America’s Got Talent”, where he currently remains.

Friedman has his own clothing and shoe line with Frontline in association with Capezio. Friedman resides in Los Angeles and London

电视他作为一名评委和编舞出现在表演“舞林争霸”。经过两个赛季，西蒙考威尔提供他一个合同，便出现在西蒙的节目里，“Grease Is the Word”。在此之后，他在2007年开始作为英国的The X Factor的评委的一部分。西蒙刚创建的创意总监他作为一个全新的亮点。Brian完成他的评审在MTV的热门流行乐队和导演编排上，义务和跳舞的“与星共舞”，作为“美国达人”的制作人和创意总监，他目前仍然在那里。

Brian居住在洛杉矶和伦敦