Sabra Johnson

Infobox actor
name= Sabra Johnson


birth_date= birth date and age|1987|7|29 [ [http://www.sltrib.com/ci_6459749 Salt Lake Tribune - Utahn bounds into top 10 on 'So You Think You Can Dance' ] ]
birthname= Sabra Elise Johnson
birth_place= Netherlands
height=
occupation=Dancer
gender=Female
credits="So You Think You Can Dance""High School Musical"- Skater Dude

Sabra Elise Johnson (born July 29, 1987) is a dancer from Roy, Utah and the Season 3 Champion of the Fox reality television show "So You Think You Can Dance".

She was born in the Netherlands, lived nine years in Germany, and after that, nine years in Utah. She now lives in New York while pursuing her dancing career.

Early career

Johnson started formal dance training at the age of 16 at Dance Impressions in Bountiful, Utah, under the direction of mother-daughter team Kandee Allen and Vivian Colobella. Before training in dance, Johnson had a previous background in gymnastics. Her dance training consists of jazz, ballet, contemporary, and gymnastics, with some experience in hip hop, modern, tap, and theater. Johnson's favorite style of dancing is contemporary. [ [http://www.fox.com/dance/bios/15-johnson.htm Bio on Official So You Think You Can Dance Website] ] Before auditioning for "So You Think You Can Dance", Johnson was going on to her fourth year of being a dancer. Johnson had a backup role on the hit film "High School Musical" as one of the skater dancers in the "Stick To The Status Quo" scene. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2217430/ Filmography at IMDb] ] [ [http://www.tv.com/high-school-musical/high-school-musical/episode/783622/summary.html High School Musical Skater Dude Dancers] ]

Contestant on "So You Think You Can Dance"

On the first episode of the show, Johnson was paired up with breakdancer Dominic Sandoval, and they remained partners for five weeks. Each week, Johnson and her partners were required to reach into the hat with paper slips containing a variety of dance styles. The pair performed a disco routine during week one, a contemporary routine during week two, a rumba during week three, a hip hop during week four, and a jive during week five. The couple landed themselves in the bottom three couples only once which was during the first week. After week five, there were only ten dancers remaining in the competition.

After Johnson made it into the top ten, she was separated from Dominic Sandoval because of the rules for the top 10 competition. In week 6, Johnson was randomly paired with contemporary/hip hop dancer Kameron Bink for the next dance where they performed a contemporary routine. Bink was eliminated on the following results show. In week 7, Johnson was randomly paired with ballroom dancer, Pasha Kovalev, for the next performance where they performed a Broadway routine and a quickstep. In week 8, Johnson was randomly paired with contemporary dancer Neil Haskell for the next dances where they performed a jazz routine and a paso doble routine. During the following results show, Johnson was announced as a top 4 finalist of the season. Throughout the season Johnson was praised for her passion, enthusiasm, prodigious talent, personality, strong dancing and versatility in the different routines. In the end, Johnson garnered more votes than her fellow finalists and was subsequently crowned America's favorite dancer, beating out Danny Tidwell, Neil Haskell, and Lacey Schwimmer.Sabra became the youngest winner at the time. She is the first black and only woman to win.

Performances

"Note: Results highlighted in red indicate that contestants placed in the bottom dancers or couples, but may not have necessarily been eliminated."

Post SYTYCD

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Since winning SYTYCD Johnson has made numerous appearances as a performer and teacher at several events and workshops, appearing at charity events [ [http://www.imakenews.com/idf/e_article001113875.cfm?x=b11,0,w Burst the Bubble Benefit] ] as well as travelling to foreign locations such as Iceland [ [http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh288/nanna_74_2008/Net_Laurie_dcr_5x39.jpgPromotional poster for the 2008 Dansfestival] ] (along with SYTYCD choreographers Dan Karaty and Shane Sparks, as well as Season 3 runner-up Danny Tidwell), and Australia [ [http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=3155051&st=645 TWop Forums Sabra Johnson: Season 3 Winner] ] (alongside fellow Season 3 contestant Kameron Bink), she will also travel to South Africa for dance convetions in September. [ [http://wkse.radiotown.com/20080522_sabra.mp3 WKSE Radio Interview] ]

Future Plans

Johnson is going to teach dance master classes for the East Coast Movement on Aug 25th [ [http://www.ecmdance.com/home_page.html East Coast Movement homepage] ] , along with Kameron Bink.

Johnson says she has concentrated on teaching rather than dancing since winning the show. She hopes to be able to pursue a professional dancing career, possibly even a career on Broadway [ [http://wkse.radiotown.com/20080522_sabra.mp3 WKSE Radio Interview] ] .

References

External links

* [http://www.fox.com/dance/bios/15-johnson.htm Profile] at "So You Think You Can Dance"
* [http://www.standard.net/live/110909 "Sabra Dance"] at The Standard-Examiner (Utah)