Wade Jeremy William Robson was born on 17 September 1982 and is an Australian dancer and choreographer.
28 Facts About Wade Robson
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Wade Robson began performing as a dancer at age five, and has directed music videos and world tours for pop acts such as NSYNC and Britney Spears.
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Wade Robson won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for the dance number "Ramalama " of So You Think You Can Dance.
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When Robson was a child, he was befriended by the pop singer Michael Jackson.
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In 2005, during Jackson's trial, Wade Robson stated under oath that Jackson had never behaved inappropriately.
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In 2013, Wade Robson reversed his position and filed a late creditor claim and a civil lawsuit against the Jackson estate, saying that Jackson had abused him from 1990 to 1997, when Wade Robson was aged between seven and 14.
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Wade Robson was in a talent troupe called Johnny Young's Talent School, and the group did 14 shows a week, usually at venues like shopping malls.
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When he was nine, Wade Robson moved to the United States with his mother and sister.
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Wade Robson formed a troupe of dancing children, which performed internationally.
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Clients were sometimes reluctant to take direction from Wade Robson, a self-described "skinny little white kid".
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Wade Robson initially written "Celebrity" for his own album, but was persuaded to let NSYNC record it instead.
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In 2002, Wade Robson was named one of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch".
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Wade Robson appeared as himself in the 2004 urban dance film You Got Served, which won Best Dance Sequence at the 2004 American Choreography Awards.
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Wade Robson joined several other choreographers, such as Mia Michaels and Shane Sparks, on the PULSE Tour, a series of nationwide weekend workshops designed to give dancers the chance to train under top choreographers.
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Wade Robson choreographed both group and partner pieces for the second and third seasons of So You Think You Can Dance.
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In September 2007, Wade Robson was awarded a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for the dance number "Ramalama " on of So You Think You Can Dance.
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Wade Robson was awarded his second Primetime Emmy Award in 2008 on Season 3 of So You Think You Can Dance for the jazz routine "Humming Bird and the Flower".
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Wade Robson said he and his wife Amanda were hired by singer Britney Spears to direct and choreograph her tour The Circus Starring Britney Spears.
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Spears's team said that Wade Robson had only been hired to choreograph the promotional tour for her album 2008 Circus, which ended in Japan in December 2008.
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Wade Robson choreographed the animated film Happy Feet Two, released in 2011.
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Wade Robson was set to direct Step Up Revolution, but dropped out for personal reasons.
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When Wade Robson was five, he met the American pop singer Michael Jackson, who was touring Australia.
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Two years later, when Wade Robson visited the US with his family to perform with Johnny Young's Talent School in Disneyland, California, Jackson invited the family to stay with him at his home, Neverland Ranch, in California.
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In 2013, Wade Robson reversed his position and filed a lawsuit against Jackson's estate.
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Wade Robson said his earlier denial was due to Jackson's "complete manipulation and brainwashing", and that his change of story was provoked by becoming a father and experiencing nervous breakdowns.
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In 2017, Wade Robson's lawsuit was dismissed as the statute of limitations had expired.
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Wade Robson dated Michael Jackson's niece Brandi, the daughter of Jackie Jackson, for seven years.
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Brandi states in the Neverland Firsthand: Investigating the Michael Jackson Documentary, a documentary made in response to Leaving Neverland, that she and Wade Robson met as children during a photoshoot with Michael Jackson.