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Jaxon got first time public eye by his performance on ''NBC World of Dance season 2'' in 2018 when he finished third in Junior Divisional Final. He already competed on ''season 1'' as member of ''801Squad'' in 2017, but they didn't pass the Qualifiers. As an [https://www.instagram.com/reel/BinH0W6gope/ estimated 4.7 million watched Jaxon Willard’s high energy dance routine] with high-flying leaps and balletic turns, many may not have realized that through his dance, Jaxon was revealing his innermost struggle. On the show, he won fans with self-choreographed routines set to songs like [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOEUubcRn0k “Fragile”] by Kygo & Labrinth. He got later also awarded ''Senior Male Best Dancer (Orlando)'' at ''The Dance Awards 2021'' and ''Senior Male Core Performer'' at ''Radix 2019''. | Jaxon got first time public eye by his performance on ''NBC World of Dance season 2'' in 2018 when he finished third in Junior Divisional Final. He already competed on ''season 1'' as member of ''801Squad'' in 2017, but they didn't pass the Qualifiers. As an [https://www.instagram.com/reel/BinH0W6gope/ estimated 4.7 million watched Jaxon Willard’s high energy dance routine] with high-flying leaps and balletic turns, many may not have realized that through his dance, Jaxon was revealing his innermost struggle. On the show, he won fans with self-choreographed routines set to songs like [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOEUubcRn0k “Fragile”] by Kygo & Labrinth. He got later also awarded ''Senior Male Best Dancer (Orlando)'' at ''The Dance Awards 2021'' and ''Senior Male Core Performer'' at ''Radix 2019''. | ||
Now he has been making waves in the commercial industry, from performing with [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjBo--1n8lI Rihanna in the 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show] to dancing in an FKA twigs music video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZTKjzAJLCk "Tears In The Club (feat. The Weeknd)"] and at the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfJicS3txO4 2022 Grammy Awards with Lil Nas X], and he’s taking on a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOEaPEH2Avw mentorship role in ''YSL Beauty’s Push The Boundaries'' contest], where he will help further the careers of the two winners in its dance category. <ref>[https://www.dancemagazine.com/on-the-rise-jaxon-willard/ Dancer Spotlight - Meet Rising Commercial Star, Jaxon Willard]</ref> | Now he has been making waves in the commercial industry, from performing with [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjBo--1n8lI Rihanna in the 2023 Super Bowl Halftime Show] to dancing in an FKA twigs music video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZTKjzAJLCk "Tears In The Club (feat. The Weeknd)"] and at the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfJicS3txO4 2022 Grammy Awards with Lil Nas X], and he’s taking on a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOEaPEH2Avw mentorship role in ''YSL Beauty’s Push The Boundaries'' contest], where he will help further the careers of the two winners in its dance category. <ref>[https://www.dancemagazine.com/on-the-rise-jaxon-willard/ Dancer Spotlight - Meet Rising Commercial Star, Jaxon Willard]</ref> | ||
Lately he wass performing on Madonna’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Celebration_Tour ''The Celebration'' world tour]. <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/C3oQ7iQviPr/ Jackson's IG]</ref> Well, the shy, vulnerable, young man, who got patronized by Derek Hough on WoD is gone. For the Queen of Pop he turned the entire crowd in the arena on [https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz1s0YpsTt8/ in strings]. With Madonna and FKA twigs, he could finally [https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cyd6qnusgp-/ tried out all sins live on stage] he would burn to death in Utah. On May 5, 2024 Madonna closed out her career-spanning Celebration Tour Saturday with a free concert at Rio de Janeiro, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGA0EFEJKKo Brazil's Copacabana Beach in front of 1.6 million fans], setting the record for the largest audience ever for a stand-alone concert by any artist in history at a 2 h 10 min concert.So Jax had the biggest crowed in history as well and will perperly never have stage fever again.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/jaxonwillard/p/C6rVrb7pj3w/?hl=de&img_index=1 Jax' IG Madonna Rio De Janero Concert]</ref><ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/madonna-celebration-tour-record-setting-1-6-million-fans-brazil-1235015393/ Madonna Closes Out Celebration Tour in Front of Record-Setting 1.6 Million Fans in Brazil]</ref> | |||
Willard’s future goals include working with Doja Cat and Beyoncé. “I’m into reggaeton, contemporary, dembow, and Afrobeat, so I’d love to work with any artist of color whose music and life I can feel connected to,” he said. | Willard’s future goals include working with Doja Cat and Beyoncé. “I’m into reggaeton, contemporary, dembow, and Afrobeat, so I’d love to work with any artist of color whose music and life I can feel connected to,” he said. | ||
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Jaxon began ballroom dancing at age 11. He asked his sisters to join school ballroom dancing. After that he got hooked. Later he auditioned with the group ''801Squad'' for the first season of World of Dance, the producers became concerned and contacted Cindy. They wanted to learn more about the racism and bullying that Jaxon had experienced growing up in a predominantly white community in Utah. She denied the request for an interview, believing that it was a matter that she and Jaxon needed to work through privately first. His group ''801Squad'' was soon eliminated. | Jaxon began ballroom dancing at age 11. He asked his sisters to join school ballroom dancing. After that he got hooked. Later he auditioned with the group ''801Squad'' for the first season of World of Dance, the producers became concerned and contacted Cindy. They wanted to learn more about the racism and bullying that Jaxon had experienced growing up in a predominantly white community in Utah. She denied the request for an interview, believing that it was a matter that she and Jaxon needed to work through privately first. His group ''801Squad'' was soon eliminated. | ||
Then Jaxon decided that he wanted to audition on his own for the show’s next season. Cindy had just one request: “If you try out for the show again, you know where they’re going to want to go with your adoption story. ... So, if that’s where you want to go, let us figure this out first.” Together they worked through the arduous process, and when the producers of World of Dance approached her again about running the story about Jaxon’s experiences, she consented. | Then Jaxon decided that he wanted to audition on his own for the show’s next season. Cindy had just one request: “If you try out for the show again, you know where they’re going to want to go with your adoption story. ... So, if that’s where you want to go, let us figure this out first.” Together they worked through the arduous process, and when the producers of World of Dance approached her again about running the story about Jaxon’s experiences, she consented. | ||
During one of the first emotional interviews of the season, in response to Jaxon’s comment about missing his birth mom and siblings, one of the interviewers asked, “Jax, do you understand though that you would not be where you are, being able to do what you do, without this mom? You wouldn’t be here without this mom. You wouldn’t be here without this family and the big picture is you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be.” The comments were not exactly what then 16-year-old Jaxon wanted to hear at that time, but the truth was spoken, and it was exactly what he needed to hear from someone outside of the family.<ref>[https://famousmormons.net/whats-new/the-compassionate-backstory-of-jaxon-willards-awe-inspiring-performance-on-world-of-dance/ famous Mormons - The Compassionate Backstory of Jaxon Willard’s Awe-Inspiring Performance on “World of Dance”]</ref> | During one of the first emotional interviews of the season, in response to Jaxon’s comment about missing his birth mom and siblings, one of the interviewers asked, “Jax, do you understand though that you would not be where you are, being able to do what you do, without this mom? You wouldn’t be here without this mom. You wouldn’t be here without this family and the big picture is you’re exactly where you’re supposed to be.” The comments were not exactly what then 16-year-old Jaxon wanted to hear at that time, but the truth was spoken, and it was exactly what he needed to hear from someone outside of the family.<ref>[https://famousmormons.net/whats-new/the-compassionate-backstory-of-jaxon-willards-awe-inspiring-performance-on-world-of-dance/ famous Mormons - The Compassionate Backstory of Jaxon Willard’s Awe-Inspiring Performance on “World of Dance”]</ref> | ||