Joel "J.D." de Carteret - So You Think You Can Dance Australia
Our Top 20 dancers all have an incredible story to tell, and the Melbourne-based choreographer/ performer J.D. is no exception.
Named after the taxi driver who dropped him off at an orphanage in Manilla after his parents abandoned him, J.D. has had to overcome many obstacles to achieve what he has. And that's a lot.
At the age of 26, J.D. has built from scratch the dance faculty at the Melbourne Music Academy, the premiere urban dance school in Melbourne. He's toured with Usher, Destiny's Child, Ja Rule and Ashanti, Koffee Brown, Guy Sebastian, Holly Valance, Tina Arena, Jade Macrae and JWess. He's choreographed for heavyweights Israel, Christian Alexander and Jade Macrae. He's taught and performed all around Australia, as well as in Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Vegas, Los Angeles and Taiwan.
Oh, and he's also the founder of the Dance2XS Australian Branch in Melbourne and the Artistic Director of Kulture Break. And it all started with Michael Jackson… As a kid, J.D. would imitate ‘Beat It', ‘Bad' and ‘Thriller' in his living room and perform the routines for his family (who adopted him when he was five).
For J.D., this competition is about finding out who he really is, and using dance to inspire and empower Australia. Throughout this competition, JD's aim is use his old and new skool flavours to destroy the myth of Hip Hop culture being an aggressive and sexual dance.
Key quote: "I move in a way no one has ever seen in Australia - it's the way I listen to and interpret music that will set me aside from other dancers."
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