Sean Cheesman

Sean Cheesman is a Canadian dancer and choreographer, best known as a judge and choreographer for television dance competitions such as So You Think You Can Dance, So You Think You Can Dance Canada and Dirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life.[1]

Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta to immigrant parents from Trinidad and Tobago,[1] Cheesman was a figure skater in his youth before turning to dance.[1]

He studied dance in New York City at Alvin Ailey's dance school before landing his first job as a dancer in Michael Jackson's "Bad" video.[1] He subsequently appeared in Vanessa Williams' video "The Right Stuff", and began working with her as a choreographer.[1] He has also done choreography for Janet Jackson, Prince, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah and Britney Spears, and had a minor acting role in Houston's film The Bodyguard.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Sean Cheesman: For the love of dance". canoe.ca, February 28, 2009.

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^1 Only the first season of the show provided an official percentage breakdown of the final vote. For the remaining seasons, second through fourth place finalists are based only on the order in which they were announced, which may not reflect the official vote breakdown.

^2 Season 7 featured only three dancers as finalists at the end of its run. Although Torbert technically finished fourth, he was eliminated the week prior to the finale.
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