Choreographer, actor, and director Darrin Henson is giving viewers an inside look into his fascinating rise from road dancer to world-renowned choreographer together with his official documentary, Darrin’s Dance Grooves: The Untold Darrin Henson Story.
The documentary sheds new gentle on Henson’s exceptional journey to Hollywood, constructing a dance empire he nonetheless owns, and dealing for world-class superstars like Michael Jackson, Prince, NSYNC, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, The Spice Women, George Michael, Enrique Iglesias, Xscape, and plenty of extra.
Having dominated the Nineteen Nineties to early 2000s with choreographed dance routines that may affect a whole era, Henson turned a family identify as the person behind the most well-liked dance strikes of the period.
Regardless of what many would assume, Henson was no skilled dancer and perfected his craft dancing inside his bed room earlier than taking his skills to the streets of the Bronx, New York. An adventurous journey from the circus to Hollywood would in the end grant him a chance with the late Michael Jackson, which helped together with his profession trajectory.
He would launch his Darrin Dance Grooves company, which became a profitable DVD sequence that commanded the dance scene of the early 2000s. Henson nonetheless cashes checks from the DVD and takes pleasure in his early possession choices.
“The bag has by no means stopped,” Henson jokingly instructed BLACK ENTERPRISE. “One of many issues that’s actually fantastic is named residual revenue.”
“I created it. I personal it. I personal the identify,” he continued. “Possession is fantastic, and that’s one thing that we should know, and there’s one thing about it we should find out about it if we don’t know.
“Possession is at all times the important thing,” he added.
From dancing to appearing in traditional hits just like the Soul Meals TV sequence, Henson continues his reign in Hollywood, starring in Carl Weber’s The Household Enterprise on BET and Double Cross on ALLBLK. Henson can be gearing as much as faucet again into his choreographer bag with the discharge of a present that may spotlight at present’s rising choreographers.
“I’m growing a brand new present proper now that may shine a light-weight on the work they do,” Henson stated. “As a result of we frequently see the star artists doing these wonderful dance performances on stage and in movies, however the individuals behind the scenes who create the dance steps hardly ever get acknowledged. I wish to change that.”
Press play beneath to be taught extra about Darrin Henson’s journey from road dancer to world-renowned choreographer, and be sure you catch Darrin’s Dance Grooves: The Untold Darrin Henson Story when it premieres on ALLBLK on Thursday, April 20.
