Columbus Keith Short, Jr. (born September 19, 1982) is an NAACP Image Award-winning American choreographer, actor,and singer . He choreographed Britney Spears's Onyx Hotel Tour and worked with Brian Friedman (of So You Think You Can Dance fame). He is most known for the lead role of "D.J." in the motion picture Stomp the Yard.
Short was born in Kansas City, Missouri to a family he describes as "musical". Short relocated to Los Angeles when he was...
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Columbus Keith Short, Jr. (born September 19, 1982) is an NAACP Image Award-winning American choreographer, actor,and singer . He choreographed Britney Spears's Onyx Hotel Tour and worked with Brian Friedman (of So You Think You Can Dance fame). He is most known for the lead role of "D.J." in the motion picture Stomp the Yard.
Short was born in Kansas City, Missouri to a family he describes as "musical". Short relocated to Los Angeles when he was five years old and immediately began working in a youth theater. He attended Marcos De Niza High School in Tempe, AZ, El Segundo High School, as well as the Orange County High School of the Arts before leaving to join the Broadway tour of Stomp. Short is dating actress Tanee McCall,and has a son from a previous relationship
Short's acting debut came as a dancer in You Got Served and he later appeared in Accepted, starring Justin Long. He then took lead roles in the direct-to-DVD movie Save the Last Dance 2 alongside Izabella Miko and Stomp...
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