Marquese Scott can dance. You can find 100+ of his dancing videos here.
He came to Google today, and I think I like his story as much as I do his videos.
He started dancing at age 12 in a skating rink in Indonesia and quickly became engrossed. After high school, he joined the US Navy for four years sailing around the world, but dancing still consumed his every other thought.
After finishing his service, he knew what he needed to do. He moved to Atlanta with hopes to dance professionally. He made videos dancing in parking lots, mostly to rap & hip-hop music (see here) and put them up online to get critiqued. He usually got a few hundred views from other dancing fanatics.
On Sept 23, 2011, he put up this video and his life changed.
Overnight, it received 200K views. It now has 94M on YouTube -- that's more people than the total population of Germany or the Philippines.
He became, literally, an overnight sensation:
"Simply mind-blowing" - CBS
"Incredible" - Ellen Degenres
"Seriously, this guy makes Michael Jackson's moonwalk look like a stroll in the park" - Perez Hilton
He now invests in others.
He bought a house in Atlanta where he lives with 13 other "high potential" dancers. He covers all their living costs so they can practice dance full-time.
Isn't that nice?
PS - If you wanna dance like him, check this site out: http://danceinayear.com/
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