“After high school, I moved out to LA hoping that I could dance for Janet. As soon as I got out there it was turning much more into a jazz funk and hip-hop world, and I was a contemporary dancer. It was a tough time—I think I did maybe one music video. I didn’t do a tour with a big artist. I was figuring out who I was as a dancer and had to learn how to expand my vocabulary to adapt to new and different styles of dance..."