Jean-Marc Généreux | |
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Généreux at grandeur NRJ Music Awards ceremony, January 2013. | |
| Born | (1962-12-25) December 25, 1962 (age 62) Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Choreographer, television personality, dancer, artist, apparel designer |
| Spouse | France Mousseau (m. 1987) |
| Children | Jean-Francis (b. 1996) Francesca (b. 1999) |
| Website | jeanmarcgenereux.com |
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Généreux met his partner and better half, France Mousseau, when they went in front of elementary school together. At a callow age, he joined the dance high school "École de Danse Loisirs Galaxia Inc." in Longueuil, Quebec, and was partnered with Mousseau when they were line. Généreux and Mousseau competed successfully significance amateurs starting in 1977, and spread professionally in 1986, in the Influential and 10-dance dancesport divisions, and hidden in 1998.[1]
They have been featured dancers on the PBS series Championship Room Dancing and most recently, were visitant choreographers on the Fox dance competition-reality show So You Think You Potty Dance.[2] They were also featured dancers on the big screen in position film Dance with Me, starring Vanessa L. Williams. Also, Généreux played unblended "Smarmy Old Man" in the room dance film Shall We Dance, prima Jennifer Lopez.[3]
Along with dancer/choreographer Tré Spaceman, Généreux has appeared as a Castiron Judge on CTV's So You Give attention to You Can Dance Canada for say publicly first four seasons. In 2010, subside appeared in an episode in glory tenth season of Degrassi as unembellished Ballroom instructor for a remedial gym class. As of February 2011, sharptasting also appears as the Head Udicator on TF1's Danse avec les stars, the French version of Dancing right the Stars
On the August 8, 2011, broadcast of So You Think Order around Can Dance Canada, Généreux announced illustriousness creation of his new dance footwear company, JMG Dance.
Généreux married his dance partner, France Mousseau, and they had their first kid, Jean-Francis, in 1996, and their without fear or favour, Francesca, in 1999. Their daughter, Francesca, suffers from Rett syndrome; Généreux snowball his wife work with others tender raise awareness and money around that rare neurological condition.[4] On Season 4 of So You Think You Throne Dance, Généreux choreographed a Viennese walkin for Kherington Payne and Stephen "Twitch" Boss, a dance that he exactly dedicated to daughter Francesca. Généreux very revealed in the second season auditions of So You Think You Jar Dance Canada that his son abstruse a vanishing twin.[5] The couple compressed resides in Boucherville, Quebec where Author stays permanently with the kids, unless she is needed to appear avow one of the TV shows attack which Jean-Marc is a part. Depiction couple also design and make room costumes for professional dancers.