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Beyond his strong support for the dance community, Sean is a distinguished industry dancer, choreographer, 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. He performed on commercials, for instance, for Disney, Canon, Red Bull and Old Navy. He also choreographed for commercials for Samsung, Nike, Feng Chen Wang and others. Worked as model for some labels. Produced an one hour independent dance short film ''"II: AN UNSPOKEN NARRATIVE"'' and was creative director 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 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 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>. He was also an early member of the dance group ''Boy Squad''. 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>

==Biography==

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 masterclasses - even he actually hates the term, because he doesn't consider himself a master and is just holding workshops. But he already worked before with Janelle and Will for ''Step Up:Year of the Dance'' 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>, 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> Later "Breathe" was an extraordinary creation as well.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUc59K7jq4A "BREATHE" | by Sean Lew]</ref>

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. Sean ascribes his love of art to his mother and grandmother, both painters. 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 masterclasses - even he actually hates the term, because he doesn't consider himself a master and is just holding workshops. But he already worked before with Janelle and Will for ''Step Up:Year of the Dance'' 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>, 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> Later "Breathe" was an extraordinary creation as well.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUc59K7jq4A "BREATHE" | by Sean Lew]</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, to help his sisters school for charity.<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. In 2016, he choreographed and danced for the BET Awards 2016 normees Big Sean, Kanye West & John Legend.

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 Beyond his strong support for the dance community, Sean is a distinguished industry dancer, choreographer, 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. He performed on commercials, for instance, for Disney, Canon, Red Bull and Old Navy. He also choreographed for commercials for Samsung, Nike, Feng Chen Wang and others. Worked as model for some labels. Produced an one hour independent dance short film ''"II: AN UNSPOKEN NARRATIVE"'' and was creative director 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 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 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>. He was also an early member of the dance group ''Boy Squad''. 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>
 ==Biography==
-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 masterclasses - even he actually hates the term, because he doesn't consider himself a master and is just holding workshops. But he already worked before with Janelle and Will for ''Step Up:Year of the Dance'' 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>, 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> Later "Breathe" was an extraordinary creation as well.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUc59K7jq4A "BREATHE" | by Sean Lew]</ref>
+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. Sean ascribes his love of art to his mother and grandmother, both painters. 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 masterclasses - even he actually hates the term, because he doesn't consider himself a master and is just holding workshops. But he already worked before with Janelle and Will for ''Step Up:Year of the Dance'' 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>, 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> Later "Breathe" was an extraordinary creation as well.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUc59K7jq4A "BREATHE" | by Sean Lew]</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, to help his sisters school for charity.<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. In 2016, he choreographed and danced for the BET Awards 2016 normees Big Sean, Kanye West & John Legend.