Christopher "Lil' C" Toler (born 1983) is an American dancer and choreographer best known for his choreography and judging on the TV show ''So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series), So You Think You Can Dance'', and for his appearance in the 2005 krumping documentary ''Rize (film), Rize''. Since appearing in the film he has danced for several musical artists including Missy Elliott, Fall Out Boy, and Madonna (entertainer), Madonna, and was cast as a featured dancer in the 2007 art exhibit ''Slow Dancing''. He continues to serve as a guest judge on ''So You Think You Can Dance''.

Career

Lil' C has appeared in music videos for artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Ciara, Missy Elliott, Christina Milian, Sean Paul, Fall Out Boy, Gwen Stefani, Seven (American singer), Seven, and Madonna (entertainer), Madonna. He has also choreographed for television programs and movies including ''Be Cool'', ''Bones (TV series), Bones'', the 2007 Teen Choice Awards, the 2007 NAACP Image Awards, and ''Bring It On Again''. Other television credits include The 50th Annual Grammy Awards, VH1 Big in 06 Awards, and the 2005 American Music Awards. He also appeared in the films ''Stomp the Yard'' (2007), ''Center Stage: Turn It Up'' (2008), and ''You Got Served: Beat the World'' (2011). Lil' C was featured in the 2005 documentary ''Rize (film), Rize'', a film that documents the history of the krumping and clowning dance styles from Los Angeles. Since 2006, Lil' C has been a judge and choreographer on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox reality dance competition ''So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series), So You Think You Can Dance''. He choreographed one dance routine in So You Think You Can Dance (Season 2), season two, So You Think You Can Dance (Season 4), season four, So You Think You Can Dance (season 6), season six, and So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. season 7), season seven, and two routines in So You Think You Can Dance (Season 3), season three. Although he has not choreographed any dance numbers since season seven, he has still served as a guest judge. He has also choreographed for ''So You Think You Can Dance Canada''. He choreographed two routines for the So You Think You Can Dance Canada (season 1), first season and another routine for the So You Think You Can Dance Canada (season 2), second season. In 2007, Lil' C was cast in the David Michalek traveling exhibit ''Slow Dancing'', "a series of 43 larger-than-life, hyper-slow-motion video portraits of dancers and choreographers from around the world, displayed on multiple screens. Each [dancer]'s movement (approximately 5 seconds long) was shot on a specially constructed set using a high-speed, high-definition camera recording at 1,000 frames per second (standard film captures 24 frames per second). The result is approximately 10 minutes of extreme slow motion." The exhibit has traveled to New York City, Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles, Toronto, Venice, and London. In 2010, Lil' C appeared in the second season of ''Dance Your Ass Off'' as a guest judge. He also played the character ''Z'' in the web series ''The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers''.

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