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Beyond his strong support for the dance community, Sean is a distinguished industry dancer, chorographer, creative film and stage director, editor and producer. He worked with/for celebrities, such as, Justin Bieber, Meghan Trainor, Janet Jackson, Jackson Wang, to name a few. Choreographed commercials for Samsung, Nike, Feng Chen Wang and others or was dancing on it. Worked as model for some labels. Produced an one hour independent dance short film ''"II: AN UNSPOKEN NARRATIVE"'' and was creative diretor and choreographer for the entire ''Jackson Wang Choachella Show 2023'', and many more (see below).

Lew ascribes his love of art to his mother and grandmother, both painters. 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, by watching them featuring on competing videos, <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. After that show Sean turned into a viral social media star as well and attracts with videos millions of views. 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 performed with Chris Brown and Kris Wu. He later went on to dance for Janet Jackson on her Unbreakable World Tour in 2015.

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, by watching them featuring on competing videos, <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. After that show Sean turned into a viral social media star as well and attracts with videos millions of views. 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 performed with Chris Brown and Kris Wu. He later went on to dance for Janet Jackson on her Unbreakable World Tour in 2015.

He did commercials, for instance, for Disney, Canon, Red Bull and Old Navy. Meanwhile he is frequently booked to choreograph for commercials.

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Sean also dances many years as philanthropist, for causes 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>. Notable and honorable is his engagement for UN Development Programme with the ambitious goal to end poverty at 2030. By watching the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vyWM4Lk_Dk video on his channel to the end] $20,000 USD donation was send to [https://www.instagram.com/UNDP/ UNDP] power by [https://www.instagram.com/LiveNation/ Live Nation Concerts] and Sean. People of his status normally doesn't bother [https://www.instagram.com/p/B7ZPeaDl2Ka/ just to look].

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 self-made lollipops and got invited from their parents to cook in their houses and somehow got on the show by that and because he same kids were later 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. What he later really got was starring on ''"Sean Lew Approved", ''produced by ''Kaycee Network, ''a sort of restaurant and food critics online show, which was renewed for season two despite the low rates, because he knows the producer pretty well.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCasQqyF4VUeJUaEvdUhBWTg Welcome to Our Youtube Channel! | Sean and Kaycee]</ref> Today he has some entrepreneur partnerships by food and drink products as well as cuisine restaurants and producer. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CumxWU4x9KR/?img_index=1 A creation with his co-chef] [https://www.instagram.com/yitaigeng/ Yitai Geng] on July 12, 2023.

An other talent he is known for is cooking. His mother is a great cook, so it was only natural that Sean became obsessed with cooking shows. He started cooking when he was seven years old<ref>[https://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/casting-sean-lew-0226195 Casting: Sean Lew]</ref> One day her threw a “Family Appreciation Day,” where he re-envisioned their Walnut home as a restaurant. At 11, he cooked a multi- course dinner for his parents and sisters, even serving them like a waiter.

“I didn’t know what I was doing, but seeing the emotions on their faces made me really happy,” Sean said at an interview with Jeff Weiss. “I don’t ever really see cooking as a career. It’s always just been a vessel for me to make people happy." Later he 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 self-made lollipops and got invited from their parents to cook in their houses and somehow got on the show by that and because he same kids were later 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. What he later really got was starring on ''"Sean Lew Approved", ''produced by ''Kaycee Network, ''a sort of restaurant and food critics online show, which was renewed for season two despite the low rates, because he knows the producer pretty well.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCasQqyF4VUeJUaEvdUhBWTg Welcome to Our Youtube Channel! | Sean and Kaycee]</ref> Today he has some entrepreneur partnerships by food and drink products as well as cuisine restaurants and producer. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CumxWU4x9KR/?img_index=1 A creation with his co-chef] [https://www.instagram.com/yitaigeng/ Yitai Geng] on July 12, 2023.

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 and got at the end of 2020 already four platinum and 11 gold certifications, but he didn't make it public for a long time. He published three music videos by covering [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iznu-UuiHKY "this town"] by Niall Horan, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6M9agmTPew "Youth ft. (Kahlid)]" by Shawn Mendes and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb1SRym6nH0 "Be Alright"] by Dean Lewis. Or he just grap his smart phone and makes everyone [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz9kXtNyxec "Happier"].

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 Beyond his strong support for the dance community, Sean is a distinguished industry dancer, chorographer, creative film and stage director, editor and producer. He worked with/for celebrities, such as, Justin Bieber, Meghan Trainor, Janet Jackson, Jackson Wang, to name a few. Choreographed commercials for Samsung, Nike, Feng Chen Wang and others or was dancing on it. Worked as model for some labels. Produced an one hour independent dance short film ''"II: AN UNSPOKEN NARRATIVE"'' and was creative diretor and choreographer for the entire ''Jackson Wang Choachella Show 2023'', and many more (see below).
+Lew ascribes his love of art to his mother and grandmother, both painters. 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, by watching them featuring on competing videos, <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. After that show Sean turned into a viral social media star as well and attracts with videos millions of views. 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 performed with Chris Brown and Kris Wu. He later went on to dance for Janet Jackson on her Unbreakable World Tour in 2015.
-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, by watching them featuring on competing videos, <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. After that show Sean turned into a viral social media star as well and attracts with videos millions of views. 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 performed with Chris Brown and Kris Wu. He later went on to dance for Janet Jackson on her Unbreakable World Tour in 2015.
 He did commercials, for instance, for Disney, Canon, Red Bull and Old Navy. Meanwhile he is frequently booked to choreograph for commercials.
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 Sean also dances many years as philanthropist, for causes 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>. Notable and honorable is his engagement for UN Development Programme with the ambitious goal to end poverty at 2030. By watching the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vyWM4Lk_Dk video on his channel to the end] $20,000 USD donation was send to [https://www.instagram.com/UNDP/ UNDP] power by [https://www.instagram.com/LiveNation/ Live Nation Concerts] and Sean. People of his status normally doesn't bother [https://www.instagram.com/p/B7ZPeaDl2Ka/ just to look].
-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 self-made lollipops and got invited from their parents to cook in their houses and somehow got on the show by that and because he same kids were later 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. What he later really got was starring on ''"Sean Lew Approved", ''produced by ''Kaycee Network, ''a sort of restaurant and food critics online show, which was renewed for season two despite the low rates, because he knows the producer pretty well.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCasQqyF4VUeJUaEvdUhBWTg Welcome to Our Youtube Channel! | Sean and Kaycee]</ref> Today he has some entrepreneur partnerships by food and drink products as well as cuisine restaurants and producer. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CumxWU4x9KR/?img_index=1 A creation with his co-chef] [https://www.instagram.com/yitaigeng/ Yitai Geng] on July 12, 2023.
+An other talent he is known for is cooking.  His mother is a great cook, so it was only natural that Sean became obsessed with cooking shows.  He started cooking when he was seven years old<ref>[https://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/casting-sean-lew-0226195 Casting: Sean Lew]</ref> One day her threw a “Family Appreciation Day,” where he re-envisioned their Walnut home as a restaurant. At 11, he cooked a multi- course dinner for his parents and sisters, even serving them like a waiter.
+“I didn’t know what I was doing, but seeing the emotions on their faces made me really happy,” Sean said at an interview with Jeff Weiss. “I don’t ever really see cooking as a career. It’s always just been a vessel for me to make people happy." Later he 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 self-made lollipops and got invited from their parents to cook in their houses and somehow got on the show by that and because he same kids were later 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. What he later really got was starring on ''"Sean Lew Approved", ''produced by ''Kaycee Network, ''a sort of restaurant and food critics online show, which was renewed for season two despite the low rates, because he knows the producer pretty well.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCasQqyF4VUeJUaEvdUhBWTg Welcome to Our Youtube Channel! | Sean and Kaycee]</ref> Today he has some entrepreneur partnerships by food and drink products as well as cuisine restaurants and producer. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CumxWU4x9KR/?img_index=1 A creation with his co-chef] [https://www.instagram.com/yitaigeng/ Yitai Geng] on July 12, 2023.
 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 and got at the end of 2020 already four platinum and 11 gold certifications, but he didn't make it public for a long time. He published three music videos by covering [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iznu-UuiHKY "this town"] by Niall Horan, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6M9agmTPew "Youth ft. (Kahlid)]" by Shawn Mendes and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb1SRym6nH0 "Be Alright"] by Dean Lewis.  Or he just grap his smart phone and makes everyone [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz9kXtNyxec "Happier"].