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Abracadabra! Michael Dameski Is Dancing His Dream

Abracadabra, it’s Michael Dameski! If you’ve been on social media lately, you’ve seen the 29-year-old dance star front and center dancing with Lady Gaga in her latest music video. It’s an opportunity of a lifetime that he’s not taking for granted and he has Emmy Award-winning choreographer Parris Goebel to thank. 

It all started with an Instagram DM after Goebel, whom Dameski describes as “an inspiration” in the commercial dance space, posted the flyer with the lineup for Coachella. That’s when he decided to shoot his shot with the “iconic” choreographer, who he worked with during his competition days on So You Think You Can Dance Australia in 2014.

“Please, I need to dance for her. That is like my dream, please,” he recalls writing to Goebel. “I have this comfortable relationship with her. Obviously, I’m not saying it to expect anything from her, but she just was like, ‘Let’s do it, let’s make it happen,’ and that was her initial response.” Dameski knew not to get his hopes up because projects often fall through, or he might not have been right casting-wise for what Gaga needed. But the call came sooner than he ever anticipated. It wasn’t for Coachella–it was for the “Abracadabra” music video…

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Photos by Lee Gumbs Photography