Imagine dance unchained from gravity — bodies flipping, sliding, and soaring across massive moving structures. That’s Diavolo, the Los Angeles-based “architecture in motion” dance company founded by choreographer Jacques Heim. Their performances feel less like routines and more like living sculptures in motion.
On America’s Got Talent Season 12 (2017), Diavolo transformed the AGT stage into a kinetic playground. Blending modern dance, acrobatics, and theatrical storytelling, the troupe explored themes of trust, resilience, and human connection. Their audition performance, featuring dancers balancing and launching themselves across a rocking wooden structure, instantly set them apart from anything else the competition had seen.
As the season progressed, Diavolo continued to raise the stakes. In Judge Cuts, performers raced up sliding staircases and suspended platforms. The Quarterfinals introduced rope climbing and spinning metal wheels, turning movement into a high-risk dialogue with physics. Their Semifinal performance layered abstract shapes and precision timing, earning standing ovations and a judges’ choice that carried them into the Finals.
Diavolo ultimately finished in the Top 10, leaving a lasting impression on audiences and judges alike. Their AGT journey wasn’t about flash alone — it was about redefining what dance can be when bodies, space, and imagination collide.
Their appearance on America’s Got Talent introduced millions to a company that continues to push boundaries worldwide, proving that dance doesn’t just move — it builds, balances, and breathes.
Audition
Quarter Finals
Semi Finals
Finals
