Bronx born dancer and actor Darrin DeWitt Henson, is one of six brothers who grew up with a passion and desire to perform. Darrin learnt his dance craft on the streets of New York and got his first break performing with world renowned music and dance producer DJ Scott La Rock. After a successful stint on Broadway, Darrin set out on his career as choreographer.

Without any formal training, Darrin became one of the hottest dancers and choreographers in the world, working with all of the major players in the music industry including LL Cool J, Michael Jackson, Prince, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Usher, Justin Timberlake, ?N SYNC and J-Lo.. His skill and dedication as dance teacher has won him numerous awards including the highly prestigious MTV Music Award for Best Choreography.

In 2002, Darrin released his first DVD, Darrin Henson?s Dance Grooves ? it was a massive success across the world and became the one of the biggest dance instructional video of all time! The DVD sold over 3,000,000 copies worldwide and won a Billboard Award for the biggest selling Health and Fitness Video. The DVD featured Darrin?s friends: huge stars such as Britney Spears and ?N SYNC and broke down the coolest dance videos that Darrin had choreographed for them.

In 2005, Darrin produced his follow-up DVD: Darrin Henson?s Dance Grooves 2. With 5 new routines, fresh from the street, this new DVD breaks down the moves step by step to give you an insight into how to get into professional dancing, keeping fit and how to learn the secret dance moves of the stars.

In 2000, and again without any training, Darrin landed a starring role in hit TV show Soul Food, which ran for five seasons. Christmas 2005 sees the release of The Salon in which he stars alongside Vivica Fox. Darrin is currently filming The Last Stand with Anthony Anderson and Guy Tory, and early next year he will produce and star in his first feature, In The Groove, with Loretta Devine.

Despite his successful and growing career in acting, Darrin maintains his top spot in the dancing world and has just finished directing and choreographing MVP?s Rock Your Body with Stagger Lee. The video, produced by Robert Clivilles from the famed C&C Music Factory, is due for release late November 2005.

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