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Canadian dancer and choreographer
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]
Sean attended J.P. Vanier Jr. High and
Crescent Heights High School
[2] in Calgary.
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.
Cheesman is a patron of the
Urdang Academy.
References
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Michael Jackson and
Michael Peters (1984)
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David Atkins (1985)
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Prince (1986)
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Paula Abdul (1987)
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Barry Lather (1988)
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Paula Abdul (1989)
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Janet Jackson and Anthony Thomas (1990)
- Jamale Graves (1991)
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Frank Gatson,
Travis Payne and
LaVelle Smith Jr. (1992)
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Frank Gatson,
LaVelle Smith Jr. and
Travis Payne (1993)
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Frank Gatson and Randy Connor (1994)
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LaVelle Smith Jr.,
Tina Landon,
Travis Payne and
Sean Cheesman (1995)
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Michael Rooney (1996)
- Peggy Hickey (1997)
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Madonna and
Jonas Åkerlund (1998)
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Richard Koufey and
Michael Rooney (1999)
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Darrin Henson (2000)
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Michael Rooney,
Spike Jonze and
Christopher Walken (2001)
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Michael Rooney (2002)
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Frank Gatson and
LaVelle Smith Jr. (2003)
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Fatima Robinson (2004)
- Kishaya Dudley (2005)
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Shakira (2006)
- Marty Kudelka (2007)
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Michael Rooney (2008)
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Frank Gatson and
JaQuel Knight (2009)
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Laurieann Gibson (2010)
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Frank Gatson, Sheryl Murakami and Jeffrey Page (2011)
- Anwar "Flii" Burton (2012)
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Bruno Mars (2013)
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Ryan Heffington (2014)
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OK Go, air:man and Mori Harano (2015)
- Chris Grant,
JaQuel Knight and Dana Foglia (2016)
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Teyana Taylor, Guapo, Matthew Pasterisa, Jae Blaze and
Derek Watkins (2017)
- Sherrie Silver (2018)
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Charm La'Donna (2019)
- The Lab and Son Sung Deuk (2020)
- Paul Roberts (2021)
- Fullout Cortland (2022)
- Kiel Tutin, Sienna Lalau,
Lee Jung and Taryn Cheng (2023)
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