Daniel Quinn Karaty born October 1 1976 is an American TV personality actor producer dancer and choreographer He has performed with andor created routines for pop superstars such as Jessica Simpson Britney Spears Kylie Minogue and NSYNC Karaty is also well known as a judge and choreographer on several versions of the global dance competition program So You Think You Can Dance including the American Australian Canadian versions and as a permanent member of the judges panel for the DutchBelgian version since its first season In addition Karaty starred in Soof The Netherlands highest grossing film in 2013 He appears as a judge or mentor on X Factor Everybody Dance Now My Name Is Michael Hollands Got Talent So You Think You Can Dance The Next Generation Belgiums Got Talent and The Ultimate Dance Battle the last of which he created and on which he serves as executive producer Previously Karaty served in the capacity of a performance stager and choreographer on Americas Got Talent From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia