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Robert Taylor Jr

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Robert Taylor Jr. (he/him) is an American entertainer whose goal is to inspire and spread love and peace to people of all ages through music and dance. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Coney Island, he developed a love for music and dance through watching his father Robert "Bobby T-Boy" Taylor and went under his tutelage for his music/artistry. He also worked with Elizabeth Buzzetta Palmeri and Pat Conlon for musical training, Larry Ramsey for acting, and John Goring and Eddie Morales for dance. He received a B.A. in Dance with a minor in Musical Theatre from Marymount Manhattan College.

Robert studied with Brian Green, The Amountboyz (performed with them as an honorary member), Jared Grimes (performed with him in “Broadway Underground”), Ephrat "Bounce" Asherie, Eric Jenkins, Jamie Jackson, Future, Bam, Eric Negron, Kelly Peters, and Spex.

Robert won multiple music showcases, including "Faces in the Crowd,” "Mental Supreme,” and "Roc the Mic,” making him a 5-time NYC underground music industry showcase winner as an R&B entertainer.

Robert performed for Michael Jackson in 2002 for the Sony Protest party at Webster Hall. He was in the top 16 contestants of So You Think You Can Dance Season 8. Credits include: American Idol (Season 3), So You Think You Can Dance (Season 2), MTV's Say What? Karaoke (he won 2 shows and made it to the finals in 2003, 2007), Kat Deluna's “Whine Up” music video with Danielle Polanco and Tanisha Scott, Hairspray national tour (2008), CBS Network Rundown at Carnegie Hall for L.L. Cool J (choreographed by Geo Hubela), Sweden’s Peace and Love festival with Rihanna (2012), Rihanna's Budweiser commercial (2015), and America's Got Talent (finalist, The Mothmen).

Robert made his Broadway debut in SpongeBob SquarePants. Later, he appeared as a wrestler in battle royals and tag team matches as “Music Man,” training with WWE Hall of Famer Johnny Rodz. He is an ambassador for the “Master Class” series and became student of the month in 2020 as a music producer/engineer.

Additionally, he is ranked a “low blue belt” (Tiger Schulmann’s MMA school), has appeared on “Law and Order Organized Crime,” “And Just Like That,” and his music video “Unity for The World” is available on YouTube and Spotify.

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Class Descriptions

Hip-Hop

This class consists of breaking down the elements of Hip-Hop within choreography. The styles incorporated are popping, locking, waving, breaking, and gliding. The class starts off with a guided warm up by stretching out the body and using isolations— sometimes warm-up exercises are used in the combinations. There will also be beginner grooves taught in the combinations.

The main thing that will radiate to the students in the class is musicality. In this class students will not only learn how to count music, but the students will also learn to count different types of music with the instruments (for example: using the base, the snare, the horns, the synthesizers, the vocals within the song or the beat, etc).

As combinations in the class are taught, each step is broken down slowly and told where the movement is coming from based on the style of the combination.

Absolute Beginner Workshop

In this class you will learn the elements of hip-hop within choreography as well as learn how to freestyle dance. Each week you will learn between 2 to 3 elements of hip-hop. Some of the elements of Hip-Hop that you will learn are popping, locking, breaking, waving, tutting, gliding, house, etc. Everything taught in the class will be at a moderate pace.