Dancing with the Stars professional dancer Derek Hough won the Outstanding Choreography Emmy during Sunday’s show for three dances he choreographed for the hit ABC show.
The dances include two with former celebrity partner Shawn Johnson, the Mambo and Quickstep, as well as a routine for Macy’s Stars of Dance set to “Walking on Air,” Just Jared reports.
Hough tweeted from the Emmys on Sunday, posting some pictures of himself with Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul.
Hilarious ! Awesome Night !RT @deanjnorris Mellow evening with @aaronpaul_8 and @derekhough pic.twitter.com/AN6KQUdR5D
— Derek Hough (@derekhough) September 23, 2013
He also thanked his fans, writing:
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!!! Thank you for all the love and support . My phone is about to die but I will upda… http://t.co/LRyZMvbabI
— Derek Hough (@derekhough) September 23, 2013
Hough also performed at the show and he told Access Hollywood how grateful he was to do it.
“The whole experience was just amazing. I’ll never forget it. It’s one thing to like win the Emmy, which is unbelievable and another thing to have worked on the Emmys,” he said. “To perform in front of all the amazing people… and then immediately after win it, like you can’t really, it doesn’t get much better than that, it’s pretty awesome!”
Here’s the Mambo he won for:
image: Wikimedia Commons
