Jason Gilkison

Gilkison was born in Perth, Australia. He was raised by his single mum, Kay. Gilkison has lived in Sydney, London, England and Los Angeles, United States. He realised he was gay when he was 16 or 17. == Dance career ==

At the age of 7 Gilkison was first paired with Peta Roby. At age 23, Gilkison and Roby were the ranked pair in Ten-Dance Competition. In 1990, Gilkison and Roby received the "Young Australian of the Year" Award. In 1991, they became the residing teachers at one of London's most prestigious ballroom schools, where they remained for seven years, training many of the world's leading dancers. == Stage ==

Gilkison has served as choreographer and director for the ballroom dance stage show Burn the Floor The production opened in April 2012 and ran for twelve weeks. == TV and film ==

In 2008, Gilkison became a contributing choreographer for Australian version of the American reality dance-off series So You Think You Can Dance. Months later he joined the US version. Superstars of Dance, which he co-choreographed with Nakul Dev Mahajan. As of 2014, Gilkison worked as the director of choreography on BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing. As choreographer So You Think You Can Dance So You Think You Can Dance Australia As judge In 2014, Jason Gilkison joined the judging panel on the 4th season of So You Think You Can Dance Australia alongside Aaron Cash, Shannon Holtzapffel and Paula Abdul. == See also ==