Madonna's rollerguy: meet the choreographer who put Madonna on roller skates for her disco-friendly new album and tour.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT)(Fred Tallaksen)(Interview)

Publication: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)

Publication Date: 23-MAY-06

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Last year, when Fred Tallaksen heard that Madonna was returning to the disco with her then-upcoming CD Confessions on a Dance Floor, he sprang into action. "I had my agent call her tour director and say, 'If you want to do roller disco, Fred's the guy,'" recalls the Scranton, Pa.-born, Los Angeles-based choreographer, who honed his skating skills playing the lead in the Las Vegas and touring companies of...

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