Staff

Shawn Lawson - Owner & Company Director

Shawn began his dance training in Arlington, TX at the age of 5. He has had the privilege of training all across the country under elite industry professionals.

He broke into the professional scene at the age of 9 when he was a part of Debbie Allen’s production of Pepito’s Story. He continued his professional dancing career by becoming the youngest company member with Ft. Worth Ballet at the age of 10. He performed in productions of Peter Pan as Michael and the Nutcracker as Fritz under the direction of Benjamin Houk.

He continued his professional ballet career with Svetlana Stanova Ballet’s productions of Sleeping Beauty as the Blue Bird and the Nutcracker as the Cavalier and the Russian.

He has appeared in several Chuck ‘E Cheese commercials and promotional videos.

He had an opportunity to perform at both the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Desperados half time shows. He was a backup dancer for Clint Black.

He has since moved his focus towards teaching and sharing his gifts with his students. He has been awarded several Best Choreography awards and has had the privilege of setting dances for studios all across the country.

He was a resident instructor and Company Director for Millennium Dance Complex. He was also the producer and choreographer for the Miss Arlington and Miss Grand Prairie Scholarship Pageants which are a part of the Miss America Scholarship Organization.

He was an assistant instructor with Hollywood Connection Dance Convention and a guest instructor with Showstoppers Dance Convention. He was a lead faculty member of War Dance Workshops.

Shawn is also a published dance photographer that travels the country.

Shawn is now the proud Owner and Director of The MoveMeant Project, a preprofessional training company located in Grand Prairie, TX.

Kevin Harris - Hip Hop Director

Kevin R Harris began his dance career at 7 years old. As the grandson of world-renowned Jazz Dancer Al Minns, from a young age, he took on the legacy handed down to him.

Over an 12 year period, Kevin trained non-stop with the masters: Musical Theater- Debbie Allen, Jazz, Cirque and Arial-Terry Beeman, Contemporary-Desmond Richardson, Tap- Jason Samuels Smith, Hip Hop – Dave Scott, Ballet – Alonzo King founder of Lines Ballet, Madame Adrienne Dellas of the Kirov, Alla Khaniashvili of the Kirov, Vitaly Artiskian of the Bolshoi Ballet.

None other than Debbie Allen recognized his unique artistry early, and hired him to teach Hip Hop at her world-renowned Academy when he was 17 years old, where he remained her protégé for 12 years as a key part of her choreography and production team for 9 of her highly acclaimed productions, including as a contributing choreographer for The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker which is a mainstay for holiday viewing on BET annually.

He has toured internationally with Fergie and Nellie Fertado and has performed on numerous television shows and was cast as a principal dancer in the movie Stomp the Yard – The Homecoming.

Harris has choreographed for hit shows Everybody Hates Chris, That’s So Raven, About a Boy, The Mariah Carey Tree Lighting Christmas Special, the Hollywood Tribute to Michael Jackson, the Finale for Jazz great Herbie Hancock’s Hollywood Bowl Concert, and the recent opening ceremony for the Special Olympics Summer Games in Los Angeles.

His team, Crew, won first place in the 2016 USASF World Championship Dance Competition and National Championship.

And his All-Female ASDS hip hop team placed 7th in the world out of 160,000 competitors and 4th for the USA.

Kevin has worked in Artist Development and taught Master Classes in Europe, Asia and all across the United States

He is currently developing a program for children with Autism and Down Syndrome

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