Dave Scott (choreographer)

Scott was born in Los Angeles on August 15, 1972 He started dancing as a hobby when he was 15. As a teenager, he further developed his skills by forming his own b-boy crew and battling other crews in his neighborhood. He got his first professional dance job while in Utah by chance when he was asked to replace a dancer on a concert tour after being spotted dancing in a club. He later returned to California and started his career by dancing on tours and in music videos. ==Career==

From tours and music videos, he built relationships in the dance community and moved into teaching classes and doing choreography for film and television. He was the choreographer and co-creator of teen R&B group Mindless Behavior. In 2012, he co-choreographed the Ubisoft video game The Hip Hop Dance Experience with Laurieann Gibson and b-boy David "Kid David" Shreibman. As of May 2013, he was a mentor/judge on Danceamatic.com, a website that hosts monthly choreography competitions. Film In 2001, Scott formed the teen R&B group B2K and served as their choreographer and stylist. With the group he went on to choreograph the movie You Got Served which featured all four singers in primary roles. In 2004, he won an American Choreography Award for Best Choreography in a Feature Film. Following the success of the movie, he released an instructional dance DVD, You Got Served:Take it to the Streets which teaches viewers how to do the dance routines featured in the film. In addition to You Got Served, he co-choreographed Step Up 2: The Streets with Jamal Sims and Nadine "Hi Hat" Ruffin. In 2008, he won a Fred and Adele Astaire Award for Best Choreography in Film. Scott also choreographed the movies Fresh, Stomp the Yard, Dance Flick, House Party 4, and Coach Carter. He choreographed the 2013 film Battle of the Year: The Dream Team Beginning with season three he was a recurring hip-hop choreographer on the show So You Think You Can Dance. and Broadway Dance Center. ==Death==

Scott died due to organ failure at a hospital in Las Vegas, on June 16, 2025, at the age of 52. ==References==