Sean Cheesman

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Sean Cheesman is a Canadian dancer and choreographer, best known as a judge and choreographer for television dance competitions such as So You Think You Can Dance, So You Think You Can Dance Canada and Dirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life."Sean Cheesman: For the love of dance". canoe.ca, February 28, 2009.

Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta to immigrant parents from Trinidad and Tobago, Cheesman was a figure skater in his youth before turning to dance.

Sean attended J.P. Vanier Jr. High and Crescent Heights High School{{cite news | url=https://calgaryherald.com/life/from-calgary-to-the-big-apple | title=From Calgary to the Big Apple | newspaper=Calgary Herald | date=28 August 2014 | first= Rachel | last=Naud}} in Calgary.

He studied dance in New York City at Alvin Ailey's dance school before landing his first job as a dancer in Michael Jackson's "Bad" video. He subsequently appeared in Vanessa Williams' video "The Right Stuff", and began working with her as a choreographer. He has also done choreography for Janet Jackson, Prince, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah and Britney Spears, and had a minor acting role in Houston's film The Bodyguard.

Cheesman is a patron of the Urdang Academy.