Robbie Blue, the choreographer behind Doechii’s show-stopping Grammys performance and Tate McRae’s stage work, walked away with three trophies at the 2026 World Choreography Awards, as first reported by Variety. He and his team were honored for McRae’s “Saturday Night Live” dance and Doechii’s electric performance at the 67th Grammy Awards. The ceremony went down Sunday, November 8, at the Avalon Hollywood.
From an Instagram DM to the Big Stage
Blue’s run reads like a movie. He has said Doechii reached out through an Instagram DM asking him to choreograph her Grammys set, and he was on a call with her and her creative director within minutes, he told Extra. That Grammys routine went on to win the Emmy for outstanding choreography for variety or reality programming, per the Television Academy, and his work on Doechii’s “Anxiety” video earned the 2025 VMA for Best Choreography.
He has also choreographed the viral Katseye Gap campaign and Tate McRae’s 2025 VMAs performance, which picked up an Emmy nomination this year.
The IAHHM Take
Doechii’s rise has been one of rap’s best stories, and Robbie Blue is a big part of why her performances feel like events instead of just sets. The Grammys moment, the “Anxiety” visual, the tour: the movement is part of the music now. That’s very hip hop, by the way. From the Lockers and Soul Train to Fatima Robinson’s videos, choreography has always been how the culture shows out.
Award shows love to celebrate the artist on the mic and forget the people building the moment behind them. Seeing a young choreographer get his flowers this early is a win for every dancer grinding in a studio right now, including the ones here in the Carolinas.
Whose stage show has the best choreography in rap right now? Tell us.
Source: Variety
