BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRO-CANADIAN " SEAN CHEESMAN " US A CANADIAN DANCER AND CHOREOGRAPHER, BEST KNOWN AS A JUDGE AND CHOREOGRAPHER FOR TELEVISION DANCE COMPETIONS : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

                      BLACK               SOCIAL           HISTORY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               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.