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He started dancing when he was able to walk as got inspired by his two older sisters Sarah and Sirris, who used to be competition dancers as well,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cputGwfEFW4 Get to Know: Sean Lew]</ref> took his first dance classes when he was four and started competing at the age of five. He got his first professional gig as dancer when he was eight years old on the ''Glee'' show. He won on Dance-Off Juniors season one episode eight, competed on season one of ''NBC's World of Dance'' as member of ImmaBEAST and on season two with his partner [[Kaycee Rice]] as Sean & Kaycee. As dancer he appeared on many TV shows, such as, on ''Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards'' 2012 and 2014, on ''Dancing with the Stars'' 2013 and ''The X-Factor'' together with Carly Rose Sonenclar at the finals in 2012. He was also interview guest concerning dance on ''NBC morning news'', ''KTLA5 news'' and ''LA TV - The Zoo''. He appeared on Sia's music short film video "The Greatest" with [[Maddie Ziegler]].
He started dancing when he was able to walk as got inspired by his two older sisters Sarah and Sirris, who used to be competition dancers as well,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cputGwfEFW4 Get to Know: Sean Lew]</ref> took his first dance classes when he was four and started competing at the age of five. He got his first professional gig as dancer when he was eight years old on the ''Glee'' show. He won on Dance-Off Juniors season one episode eight, competed on season one of ''NBC's World of Dance'' as member of ImmaBEAST and on season two with his partner [[Kaycee Rice]] as Sean & Kaycee. As dancer he appeared on many TV shows, such as, on ''Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards'' 2012 and 2014, on ''Dancing with the Stars'' 2013 and ''The X-Factor'' together with Carly Rose Sonenclar at the finals in 2012. He was also interview guest concerning dance on ''NBC morning news'', ''KTLA5 news'' and ''LA TV - The Zoo''. He appeared on Sia's music short film video "The Greatest" with [[Maddie Ziegler]].


He did commercials, for instance, for Disney, Red Bull and Old Navy.
He did commercials, for instance, for Disney, Canon, Red Bull and Old Navy.


He was also one of the important supporting members to help Janelle and her future husband William "WillDaBeast" Adams (surname did change, it is Ginestra-Adams now) founding IMMA in 2012/2013<ref>[http://www.immabeast.co/ First Video The beginning of ImmaBEAST]</ref> and became a member of the crews ImmaBEAST and LilBEAST <ref>[https://www.immabeast.co/lilbeasts-1 LilBeast]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwhdvrfxZAQ lilBEASTS Behind The Scenes]</ref>. Sean is considered as big influence-r on kid dancer talents today - as dancer, choreographer, teacher and mentor. For instance, he taught at THE LAB in West Covina and supported their dancers, who won season two of World of Dance and members became hip-hop world champions as team TLxWC in the Varsity division in 2017. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be7PJxvz3Gc Sean Lew “Weak” at The Lab]</ref>
He was also one of the important supporting members to help Janelle and her future husband William "WillDaBeast" Adams (surname did change, it is Ginestra-Adams now) founding IMMA in 2012/2013<ref>[http://www.immabeast.co/ First Video The beginning of ImmaBEAST]</ref> and became a member of the crews ImmaBEAST and LilBEAST <ref>[https://www.immabeast.co/lilbeasts-1 LilBeast]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwhdvrfxZAQ lilBEASTS Behind The Scenes]</ref>. Sean is considered as big influence-r on kid dancer talents today - as dancer, choreographer, teacher and mentor. For instance, he taught at THE LAB in West Covina and supported their dancers, who won season two of World of Dance and members became hip-hop world champions as team TLxWC in the Varsity division in 2017. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be7PJxvz3Gc Sean Lew “Weak” at The Lab]</ref>
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He started choreographing at the age of ten <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrXX9ALAGsI Sean Lew - (Self-Choreography at 10 years old) Bring It On-Finally Famous Big Sean]</ref> and got finally his accolade as established choreographer during World of Dance season two by the judges, who were blown away by his unique, smart, well thought, storytelling and emotional choreography with the age of 16. Shortly afterwards he toured with Brain Friedman through Europe<ref>[http://fairplaysummit.com/team/14187,sean-lew Wasaw Poland Team Sean Lew 01]</ref> and Asia<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8SyePM3gnM Dem Beats feat Sean Lew - Todrick feat RuPaul | Brian Friedman Choreography | Asia Camp]</ref> attending conventions and teaching master classes - even he actually hate the term, because he is not considering himself a master and is just holding workshops. But he already worked before with Janelle and Will on a project in China.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F3TaVrvpVw Vlog #3 ll China]</ref> And taught classes in Japan<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30nk2xnWuiU Vlog #2 ll Japan]</ref> and Mexico and, of course, across the US as member of ImmaBEAST as dancer, teacher and choreographer. His first bigger concept video as choreographer, creative director, editor and dancer was "Life Experiences: Wrong Words" in June 2017, when he worked first time on a project with his current permanent dance partner and best friend [[Kaycee Rice]]. But already "Miracle", filmed and edited by "Typo", was an impressive work.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4o_LfuCE38 Miracle l Oreo l Sean Lew Choreography]</ref>
He started choreographing at the age of ten <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrXX9ALAGsI Sean Lew - (Self-Choreography at 10 years old) Bring It On-Finally Famous Big Sean]</ref> and got finally his accolade as established choreographer during World of Dance season two by the judges, who were blown away by his unique, smart, well thought, storytelling and emotional choreography with the age of 16. Shortly afterwards he toured with Brain Friedman through Europe<ref>[http://fairplaysummit.com/team/14187,sean-lew Wasaw Poland Team Sean Lew 01]</ref> and Asia<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8SyePM3gnM Dem Beats feat Sean Lew - Todrick feat RuPaul | Brian Friedman Choreography | Asia Camp]</ref> attending conventions and teaching master classes - even he actually hate the term, because he is not considering himself a master and is just holding workshops. But he already worked before with Janelle and Will on a project in China.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F3TaVrvpVw Vlog #3 ll China]</ref> And taught classes in Japan<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30nk2xnWuiU Vlog #2 ll Japan]</ref> and Mexico and, of course, across the US as member of ImmaBEAST as dancer, teacher and choreographer. His first bigger concept video as choreographer, creative director, editor and dancer was "Life Experiences: Wrong Words" in June 2017, when he worked first time on a project with his current permanent dance partner and best friend [[Kaycee Rice]]. But already "Miracle", filmed and edited by "Typo", was an impressive work.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4o_LfuCE38 Miracle l Oreo l Sean Lew Choreography]</ref>


Sean stated that he didn't watch often TV or playing video games, but music was an important part of his life right from the beginning. He started choreographing to express himself better by music and dancing. His older sister Serris shot the first videos of his choreography and edited it until he was 12. Soon dance partners like [[Jordyn Jones]] or Kenneth San Jose helped him showing his choreography. About after a year Sean took over filming and editing. Was a dance partner missing, a little CGI helped and he danced by himself as duet <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2vunXk2K8w D.R.A.M. - Cha Cha Dance]</ref> or got transparent to the background.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTLQ5sdRXS4 What Do You Mean? - @justinbieber l Sean Lew l Choreographed by Sean Lew]</ref> Later producers like MyTypo or TJ Lewis filmed and edited his choreography with more production effort. His first dance masterclass teaching was filmed when he was 11.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0mZpis6MYg Sean Lew's Masterclass at a High School]</ref> And the end of the process Sean dropped out as a brilliant camera man, editor, creative director and choreographer. His work can be watched on his YouTube channel or sometimes Instagram account.
Sean stated that he didn't watch often TV or playing video games, but music was an important part of his life right from the beginning. He started choreographing to express himself better by music and dancing. His older sister Serris shot the first videos of his choreography and edited it until he was 12. Soon dance partners like [[Jordyn Jones]] or Kenneth San Jose helped him showing his choreography. About after a year Sean took over filming and editing. Was a dance partner missing, a little CGI helped and he danced by himself as duet <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2vunXk2K8w D.R.A.M. - Cha Cha Dance]</ref> or got transparent to the background.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTLQ5sdRXS4 What Do You Mean? - @justinbieber l Sean Lew l Choreographed by Sean Lew]</ref> Later producers like MyTypo or TJ Lewis filmed and edited his choreography with more production effort. His first dance masterclass teaching was filmed when he was 11, to help his sisters school for cherity.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0mZpis6MYg Sean Lew's Masterclass at a High School]</ref> And the end of the process Sean dropped out as a brilliant camera man, editor, creative director and choreographer. His work can be watched on his YouTube channel or sometimes Instagram account.


Sean has had already an impressive non-dance related child acting career, but he considered the character roles he got as embarrassing. <ref>[https://youtu.be/RXOwtiqrLyY?t=623 Sean Lew and Kaycee Rice FULL Facebook Live (9.5.18)]</ref> Regarding IMDb, he appeared on TV soup series "See Dad Run" (2014), "Sam & Cat" (2014), "Bizaardvark" (2016), "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn" (2014), on the documentary series "On the Spot Interviews" (2013), "Rachael vs. Guy: Kids Cook-Off" (2016), on home series "Home & Family" (2016), on boulevard series "E! Live from the Red Carpet" - reporting from The Academy Awards 2015 .and several online-network-series like "To the Pointe" (2018). He also appeared on music short film "Todrick Hall: Freaks Like Me" (2014). Sean was even part of the ADR ("Automated" or "Automatic" Dialog Replacement) group of the "Penguins of Madagascar" (2014) and added his voice to the film. <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5631571/ IMDb Sean Lew]</ref>
Sean has had already an impressive non-dance related child acting career, but he considered the character roles he got as embarrassing. <ref>[https://youtu.be/RXOwtiqrLyY?t=623 Sean Lew and Kaycee Rice FULL Facebook Live (9.5.18)]</ref> Regarding IMDb, he appeared on TV soup series "See Dad Run" (2014), "Sam & Cat" (2014), "Bizaardvark" (2016), "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn" (2014), on the documentary series "On the Spot Interviews" (2013), "Rachael vs. Guy: Kids Cook-Off" (2016), on home series "Home & Family" (2016), on boulevard series "E! Live from the Red Carpet" - reporting from The Academy Awards 2015 .and several online-network-series like "To the Pointe" (2018). He also appeared on music short film "Todrick Hall: Freaks Like Me" (2014). Sean was even part of the ADR ("Automated" or "Automatic" Dialog Replacement) group of the "Penguins of Madagascar" (2014) and added his voice to the film. <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5631571/ IMDb Sean Lew]</ref>


Sean graduated technically high-school at the age of 15, but he is keep going on in highschool, because his parents as not native speakers couldn't support him in certain ways. Sean got online home schooled and was in his last year in Nov 2019. But he graduated officially at Jun 19th, 2019 at the California Connections Academy''.'' <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/By58EDGln6P/ Seans Gradification Cerimony]</ref> <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/By6MeBbFOgX/ Seans Gradification Cerimony]</ref>
Sean graduated technically high-school at the age of 15, but he is keep going on in high-school, because his parents as not native speakers couldn't support him in certain ways. Sean got online home schooled and was in his last year in Nov 2019. But he graduated officially at Jun 19th, 2019 at the California Connections Academy''.'' <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/By58EDGln6P/ Seans Gradification Cerimony]</ref> <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/By6MeBbFOgX/ Seans Gradification Cerimony]</ref>


Sean also dances many years as philanthropist, for cause which matters to him, such as for http://www.idance4acure.org,<ref>[http://youtu.be/0O88GIxQ5u8 Sean Lew and Kaycee Rice Dancė Nėtwork Interview]</ref> and supporting to fight childhood cancer. Due his engagement and popularity, and those of many other dancers and choreographers, the funds rises very well, financing research and treatments for children with cancer. Other engagements by him went public are "#prayforpaloma" <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byBW-P5GdZ8 #prayforpaloma l Choreographed by Sean Lew l Gallant - Talking in Your Sleep]</ref>, https://pedrogtprelief.org <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoWhEAcEYWQ Sean and Kaycee - Skyscraper | D-trix Choreography]</ref> and https://thecameronboycefoundation.org/ <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/B5LSj_VlbqF/ Sean's IG The Cameron Boyce Foundation]</ref>.
Sean also dances many years as philanthropist, for cause which matters to him, such as for http://www.idance4acure.org,<ref>[http://youtu.be/0O88GIxQ5u8 Sean Lew and Kaycee Rice Dancė Nėtwork Interview]</ref> and supporting to fight childhood cancer. Due his engagement and popularity, and those of many other dancers and choreographers, the funds rises very well, financing research and treatments for children with cancer. Other engagements by him went public are "#prayforpaloma" <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byBW-P5GdZ8 #prayforpaloma l Choreographed by Sean Lew l Gallant - Talking in Your Sleep]</ref>, https://pedrogtprelief.org <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoWhEAcEYWQ Sean and Kaycee - Skyscraper | D-trix Choreography]</ref> and https://thecameronboycefoundation.org/ <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/B5LSj_VlbqF/ Sean's IG The Cameron Boyce Foundation]</ref>.


An other talent he is known for is cooking. He started cooking when he was seven years old<ref>[https://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/casting-sean-lew-0226195 Casting: Sean Lew]</ref> and won on season one episode 13 of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chopped_Junior_episodes "Chopped Junior"] $10,000 USD <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTh1zKmHvSk East Coast vs. West Coast | Chopped Junior | Food Network]</ref> and been on season two by six episodes of charity fund raising "Rachael Vs. Guy: Kids Cook-Off" <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wuWOFUry-M Most-Hated Foods Challenge on Rachael vs. Guy: Kids Cook-Off | Food Network]</ref>. He loves cooking for family, friends and sometimes the whole company, but, of course, everyone is welcome to join and help preparing, washing and cleaning up. He wanted once to have his own show called "The Dancing Chef", but it seems to change to "The Cooking Dancer" now.
An other talent he is known for is cooking. He started cooking when he was seven years old<ref>[https://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/casting-sean-lew-0226195 Casting: Sean Lew]</ref> and won on season one episode 13 of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chopped_Junior_episodes "Chopped Junior"] $10,000 USD <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTh1zKmHvSk East Coast vs. West Coast | Chopped Junior | Food Network]</ref> and been on season two by six episodes of charity fund raising "Rachael Vs. Guy: Kids Cook-Off" <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wuWOFUry-M Most-Hated Foods Challenge on Rachael vs. Guy: Kids Cook-Off | Food Network]</ref>. He started cooking to bring other dancers some selfmade lollypops and got invited from their parents to cook in their house and somehow got on the show by that and because he same kids were on Chopped Junior, he got on this show as well.. He loves cooking for family, friends and sometimes the whole company, but, of course, everyone is welcome to join and help preparing, washing and cleaning up. He wanted once to have his own show called "The Dancing Chef", but it seems to change to "The Cooking Dancer" now.


Sean plays piano since he was six years old. Her won 2nd place at the Music Teachers Association of California when he was eight years old. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgb7TD4jGy8 Sean Lew -Music Teachers Association of California]</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tPG4PF3Iag Sean Lew (10) Play - Ballade Pour Adeline]</ref> Sean is also noticed as good singer and sound editor. He started singing to support his friend [[Tate McRae]], <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vauH3vceRI Distant - LYRICS - Sean Lew and Tate Mcrae]</ref> who is an excellent singer, but he didn't make it public for a long time. He published three music videos by covering "this town" by Niall Horan, "Youth ft. (Kahlid)" by Shawn Mendes and "Be Alright" by Dean Lewis. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6M9agmTPew youth l sean lew]</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iznu-UuiHKY this town l sean lew]</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb1SRym6nH0 Be Alright | Sean Lew]</ref>
Sean plays piano since he was six years old. Her won 2nd place at the Music Teachers Association of California when he was eight years old. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgb7TD4jGy8 Sean Lew -Music Teachers Association of California]</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tPG4PF3Iag Sean Lew (10) Play - Ballade Pour Adeline]</ref> Sean is also noticed as good singer and sound editor. He started singing to support his friend [[Tate McRae]], <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vauH3vceRI Distant - LYRICS - Sean Lew and Tate Mcrae]</ref> who is an excellent singer, but he didn't make it public for a long time. He published three music videos by covering "this town" by Niall Horan, "Youth ft. (Kahlid)" by Shawn Mendes and "Be Alright" by Dean Lewis. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6M9agmTPew youth l sean lew]</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iznu-UuiHKY this town l sean lew]</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb1SRym6nH0 Be Alright | Sean Lew]</ref>


He got the nickname "Lewser" by his family, who said it as a joke, but made later a family merchandise by that. <ref>[https://www.thelewser.com/ Lewser Merch]</ref>
He got the nickname "Lewser" by his family, who said it as a joke, but made later a family merchandise by that. <ref>[https://www.thelewser.com/ Lewser Merch]</ref> The brand is owned by his sisters Serris and Sarah - feshion designed and computer engineer - and himself and offers a small clothing line.


His skills as dancer are not less impressive. He started dancing with his older siblings Sarris and Sarah at Mather Dance Studio at the age of four and became a member of Mather Dance company. He got at the beginning most of his technical training there - ballet, contemporary, jazz, tap, lyrical and hip-hop. He performed his first hip-hop dance on stage even before had a class. Most impressive, he learned ball room dancing as well and won with his partner "Sia" at the age of 8 or 9 two championships with the standards Rumba, Samba, Jive, ChaCha and Paso Nova in Latin dancing. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxREe7sEDl8 Sean Lew and Ria at Emerald Ball 2010 Latin]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z101DNPdqiA Hollywood dancesport Championships Latin Sean Lew & Ria solo]</ref> Due his work as dancing far from the dance community, he took also a lot of dance industrial classes in LA with some of the most influential and established choreographers; and got final on The Pulse on Tour in 2013 at the age of 12 as Elite Protégé and graduated as Elite Alumnus in 2014. Two years before, he met his friend and mentor those days William "WillDaBEAST" Adams, who became later to a kind of dance father or big brother for Sean and Sean supported him and his future wife Janelle Ginestra(-Adams) founding ImmaBEAST, by dancing on his videos, finding supporters and even cooking. In these days one of the most important dance industry companies in the world. Sean mixed more and more other influences to his style of dancing. NEYO stated at NBC's World of Dance season two to him: ''"I feel I can watch someone else do your choreography and go 'Yeah, that's Sean.'"''
His skills as dancer are not less impressive. He started dancing with his older siblings Sarris and Sarah at Mather Dance Studio at the age of four and became a member of Mather Dance company. He got at the beginning most of his technical training there - ballet, contemporary, jazz, tap, lyrical and hip-hop. He performed his first hip-hop dance on stage even before had a class. Most impressive, he learned ball room dancing as well and won with his partner "Sia" at the age of 8 or 9 two championships with the standards Rumba, Samba, Jive, ChaCha and Paso Nova in Latin dancing. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxREe7sEDl8 Sean Lew and Ria at Emerald Ball 2010 Latin]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z101DNPdqiA Hollywood dancesport Championships Latin Sean Lew & Ria solo]</ref> Due his work as dancing far from the dance community, he took also a lot of dance industrial classes in LA with some of the most influential and established choreographers; and got final on The Pulse on Tour in 2013 at the age of 12 as Elite Protégé and graduated as Elite Alumnus in 2014. Two years before, he met his friend and mentor those days William "WillDaBEAST" Adams, who became later to a kind of dance father or big brother for Sean and Sean supported him and his future wife Janelle Ginestra(-Adams) founding ImmaBEAST, by dancing on his videos, finding supporters and even cooking. In these days one of the most important dance industry companies in the world. Sean mixed more and more other influences to his style of dancing. NEYO stated at NBC's World of Dance season two to him: ''"I feel I can watch someone else do your choreography and go 'Yeah, that's Sean.'"''