Early career 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. When he was nine, Robson moved to the United States with his mother and sister.
Michael Jackson assisted them in the move and recruited Robson to appear in three music videos: "
Black or White", "
Jam", and "
Heal the World". At the age of 11, Robson had an agent. Along with friend DeWayne Turrentine, he formed the hip-hop duo
Quo and by the end of the year released an album on Jackson's MJJ Music label through
Epic/
SME Records. The following year, he was teaching dance classes in Hollywood. He received his first choreography job for the R&B group
Immature at 14. The job led to others for artists such as
Britney Spears. Clients were sometimes reluctant to take direction from Robson, a self-described "skinny little white kid". The program was sponsored by Juice Batteries. In 2002, Robson was named one of
Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch". Dance clothing company Power T Dance developed a line of name-brand consumer dance shoes with Robson. The shoes were distributed in the U.S. through the Ralph Libonati Co. Robson appeared as himself in the 2004 urban dance film
You Got Served, which won Best Dance Sequence (Feature Film) at the 2004 American Choreography Awards. 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. performing the Zombie dance or the "Ramalama (Bang Bang)" which won Wade his first
Emmy in 2007 In 2007, Robson began choreographing the
American Idols LIVE! Tour. He also choreographed both group and partner pieces for the second and third seasons of
So You Think You Can Dance. In September 2007, Robson was awarded a
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for the dance number "Ramalama (Bang Bang)" on
Season 2 of
So You Think You Can Dance. 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". The show's executive producer
Nigel Lythgoe called it "absolutely genius, brilliant, and one of those routines that we will remember on this series for a very long time". Robson said he and his wife Amanda were hired by singer
Britney Spears to direct and choreograph her tour
The Circus Starring Britney Spears. Rehearsals were set to begin in January 2009. Robson and his wife were replaced by
Jamie King. Spears's team said that Robson had only been hired to choreograph the promotional tour for her album 2008
Circus, which ended in Japan in December 2008. Robson choreographed the animated film
Happy Feet Two, released in 2011. He was set to direct
Step Up Revolution (released in 2012), but dropped out for personal reasons. He was replaced by Scott Speer. == Michael Jackson ==