Kyle Hanagami

Kyle Hanagami is a Los Angeles-based choreographer and creative director who helped establish a model in which studio choreography, dancers, and camera craft could reach global audiences alongside major pop, film, television, and brand commissions. He did not initially see himself as a dancer, but developed into a commercial performer, teacher, and choreographer whose early credits included work with Justin Bieber, the Black Eyed Peas, and *The X Factor*.

Hanagami's career grew in two linked arenas. In entertainment commissions, choreography served artists, television formats, brands, and cameras. On his own digital channels, the choreography and dancers became the principal subject. That second arena helped make choreographers more publicly legible and allowed combinations taught in class to circulate as finished screen works.

In 2016, BLACKPINK began working with Hanagami near the group's debut. He contributed to multiple choreographies across their career, though individual songs often have several choreographers and should always be credited work by work. His K-pop work reached enormous audiences, including the 2019 "Kill This Love" choreography, co-created with Kiel Tutin. He continued across television, brands, film, and music clients, with CAA listing credits spanning *Dancing with the Stars*, *America's Got Talent*, *World of Dance*, global brands, and artists including Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, and Nick Jonas.

By 2024, his body of work demonstrated that the choreographer's name, dancers, and studio process could themselves anchor a media brand. His choreography combines musical detail, fast changes between fluid and sharply accented textures, asymmetrical pathways, and camera-aware formations—work conceived simultaneously for dancers in a room and viewers on a screen.