Rashawn Hammons

Rashawn Hammons, born on December 26th, 1984 in Denver, Colorado found his passion for dance at the age of 11. Raised in Morrilton, Arkansas, he was inspired by King of Pop, Michael Jackson, while watching him on television in concert with his father Robert Hammons, and later Nam Hyun Joon, Popping Pete, Mr. Wiggles, etc. Fascinated by the incredible movements of street dance, Rashawn joined something that would later grow to his life-long career. He has been dancing for 18 years with 11 having professional choreography/dancer experience and was the founder and lead choreographer for Arkansas Street Dance group the "P.O.E. Kru" (Pushing Over Elements) which resided in Arizona, Georgia and Arkansas. His expertise lies in choreography, popping, locking, liquid, old school hip hop, break freeze, isolation, and boogaloo; loving what the legends of old have set forth with the go-getters of the new. His national exposure has brought him to spend much time working projects in Missouri, Texas, Arizona, Georgia, New York, training and performing with Culture Shock Atlanta, has been involved with dance intensives at Broadway Dance Center and has auditioned for the hit reality show "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 5 in Memphis, Tennessee. In November 2010, he was the host of the highly anticipated "Put it on the Floor: Disturbing the Beatz" Arkansas Dance Intensive Workshop and street dance jam and has worked with Pandora of the movie "Step UP 3D" and "The LXD" (Legion of Extraordinary Dancers) and has also worked with Di "Moon" Zhang of Marvelous Motion Studios. Zhang has worked with Quest Crew, Kaba Modern, Soreal Cru and Phillip "Pacman" Chbeeb of "So You Think You Can Dance". In 2012 he was a dance extra in the movie "Dancin: IT'S ON!!" directed by David WintersOther Artists both Dance and Music Rashawn has worked/trained with:Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown, Kris Allen (American Idol Winner), T-Pain, Venus Fly Trap Crew (Dancers), Charles "Lil Buck" Riley (Dancer), Maxx Taylor Reed (Dancer/Choreographer), Rudi Peyton (Dancer/Choreographer), Epiphany (Rap Artist), M.S.N. (Rap Artist), Kenyon the Dawn (Rap Artist), G-Nerd (Dancer), Dr. Rico (Dancer), Daniel Dpkom (Dancer), Ryan Haskett (Dancer), Katie Smythe (Artistic Director and Founder of New Ballet Ensemble) and FreeSol (Former band signed by Justin Timberlake) Show less «