When his niece told him that Stephen “tWitch” Boss, with whom he worked twice during the fourth season of So You Think You Can Dancehad taken his own life, Jean-Marc Généreux might not believe it.
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“When she told me that, I told her it mightn’t be, it had to be gossip newspaper business. But it was unfortunately very true,” he said in a telephone interview.
The one who is also a judge for the show Revolution choreographed two performances for tWitch and then-partner Kherrington Payne. The first, a Viennese waltz paying tribute to her daughter, Francesca, who has Rett syndrome, moved the judges to tears.
“Kherrington is a specialist in contemporary dance and tWitch is a specialist in hip-hop dances, so with a Viennese waltz, I was already taking them to another world. I explained to them my vision of the tribute to my daughter and they immediately raised their hands, despite the context of competition, ”he said. TWitch had even said: “With what you just told me regarding your daughter, I want to dance for her,” added the choreographer.
After his season of So You Think You Can Dance, where he finished second, the opportunities came one following the other for the dancer from Alabama. Appearances in three franchise films Step Upin Bonesin Magic Mike XXLa place among the All-Stars then a post of judge at So You Think You Can Dance and a DJ position at Ellen Showamong others, the doors were wide open for Stephen “tWitch” Boss.
“Despite this meteoric rise, he still has a disconcerting humility. There are people for whom I have choreographed in their life, we meet, we shake hands, then it stops there. But he asked me how my son, my daughter, is doing. We met regarding forty times on So You Think You Can Dance following his season and it was always the same man, even if his success was rising, ”added Jean-Marc Généreux.
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