Dave Scott is an American hip-hop dance teacher, choreographer, and talent developer. He gained widespread success from his choreography in movies primarily the 2004 dance film You Got Served. He has since expanded to choreographing for television and teaching at dance conventions. In 2004, Scott won an American Choreography Award for You Got Served. He also won a Fred & Adele Astaire Award in 2008 for Step Up 2: The Streets. He describes his style as aggressive, melodic, and energetic. He is currently represented by McDonald Selznick Associates. Scott was born and raised in Compton,... California. He is 6'4 and has never taken any dance classes or had any formal dance training. He learned how to dance from watching musicals, b-boy movies, and music videos, namely those of Michael Jackson who he cites as one of his influences. He cites hip-hop dance pioneers Stefan "Mr. Wiggles" Clemente and Timothy "Poppin' Pete" Solomon as influences as well. As a teenager he further developed his skills by forming his own b-boy crew and battling other crews in his neighborhood.
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