What I love about it is, not being afraid of social media, and it is so much better when you are in a group of four people that can protect you and help you out of ruts. Social media can be so hard at times, and it can be so consuming, but this idea of a house, of a family supporting you, is wonderful. How beneficial do you think TikTok and other short form video content has become within the past year?
It ebbs and flows, obviously, but I just find it so fun. Trying to understand all social media platforms and figuring out what kind of energy they put into the world, to me, I find TikTok to be the loosest. You can just kind of exist, whereas your Instagram and Facebook are a little bit cleaner.
I find that I really do connect with TikTok so much because I am a choreographer; I am a dancer, and it is an avenue for normal, I call them muggles, but normal people who do not necessarily dance every day. People can understand when singing is flat or sharp because they can hear it. What sounds good or bad. I am in love with TikTok, and I love what it has done for me. So, I am very grateful for the app.
Have you always had a passion for dancing and entertainment? Yes, since I was a kid. I was that crazy theater kid in a small town in Ohio choreographing my show choir, choreographing the musicals, leaving school to go teach at the studio, or I would not go to school functions because I was focused on my training. It was my life. It was what felt right. I knew from a young age, at like 12, that I needed to get out of Ohio. I wanted to go to Chicago; I wanted to train, and I wanted to be around that energy.
It was something that just happened. What was your experience like being on the show? It was crazy. I was pretty young, and literally, from high school, boom, right to Los Angeles. It felt like an explosion. It was so fun. I was living a fantasy. It was wonderful. You are also a faculty member of Hollywood Vibe Dance Convention.
As a teacher, what is the number-one lesson you hope students take away? So many things. It depends on regions. For Hollywood Vibe specifically, it is region-based, and it is so interesting to see what the kids need. Right now, my passion is really just trying to help kids with manners, body language and really kind of understanding the general line because who knows if they are going to become professional dancers.
The limit of us is so small, but what I am trying to do is connect to the masses and present to them, hey, how we hold our body, how we stand, we are speaking. It may not be verbal, but we are still saying something.
There is still frequency and energy. I am just trying to get these kids, whether they are 9 or 25, to understand that we are always speaking with our choices, with our life. We have to start from ground zero, and we have to continue to share and see where it goes. Have you always been comfortable with your sexuality? In high school, I had a wonderful girlfriend, and I did that whole experience all the way up until probably when I was 18 when I got to live on my own and started experiencing life as an individual.
My family is pretty open, very accepting, and so wonderful, but I do have a very religious upbringing, and that came from within my siblings. My brother is a pastor, and he was my role model growing up. He was just like the big, older brother who is actually cool and nice, so he was kind of our leader in that way. In the spiritual journey that I went through, yeah, there was a lot of shame. Why am I feeling guilty because I am not like everyone else?
I feel different, and I want to express myself in a different way. I am fantasizing and dreaming about my life with a man, not a woman, and I do not want to feel bad about that. So, it did take therapy and conversations in time, and there were those moments where I was almost not honest or true with what I was feeling because I was scared. That part was scary, and that happened when I was around 17, 18, 19, 20, Have you faced homophobia in the industry?
Oh, for sure. Being typecasted, and I have tried to clean up things in terms of how I would sound and try to play roles that were way more cisgendered masculine, which that energy does run within me, but I can flow between other things as well. Then just the natural pressure you will put on yourself when comparing yourself to the leading men of Hollywood. The company is known for its rocky past. I think they are moving in the right direction, and that makes me feel good.
I do not watch Disney frequently, but no matter what, I do think they need to make a stance. They need to cut religion out of every aspect in any way. As long as you are not hurting anyone, and as long as you are not throwing trash on the ground, love is love. Chill, relax. There are basic human rights that the queer community is fighting for every day, and that makes me so frustrated. See the gallery. Watch the video. Sign In. Down 9, this week. View rank on IMDbPro ».
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