I was teaching a dance class and my dance class at the gym was really popular.
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Two weeks later, I was at the laundromat with my pocket full of quarters, when I got the phone call that the agency wanted me to move to LA to pursue a career in dance. And I literally left there like, whatever, this doesn't matter. And they put us on video and they were like, you know, if we want you, we'll give you a call in a couple weeks. At the end, there ended up being seven guys and five girls. So there was like 200 people at this audition. They're going to remember me, even though I don't even live here. I was freaking living in these dance moves. The music comes on and let me tell you guys. And I look like, pretty much, an athlete that just left the gym, un-showered - oh well. And I realized I was really out of place.
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THOMPSON: I walked in and then I looked around. I remember, I looked in the back seat and I'm like, do you go in or do you just drive back to your friend's house to the beach? I had my headshots on the backseat of the car. There was a dance audition for this new dance agency that was happening around the corner. I found out that there was a really good dance school and so I went there. Let me tell you, those abs were popping on those shots. He said I need you to get some headshots. And I'm like, why do I need to get headshot? I'm just coming out there to lay on the beach and have a good time. And he was like, before you come, I need you to get some headshots. And one of my friends said, hey, why don't you take a vacation. I gained up enough strength to leave that relationship. No one, no one out there is going to stop me from living the life that I want to live.
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My partner at the time said you'll never be a professional dancer, so you can immediately delete that dream from your head. After the show, I mean, there were people that wanted my autograph and I was really no one.
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And I got picked as one of the main choreographers.
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One day, I got my first big choreography job in New Jersey. It was a verbal and physical abusive relationship. THOMPSON: I was in this abusive relationship for four years too long. The story of his big break begins with someone breaking him down. MCEVERS: He got his start as a dance teacher and a choreographer. Shaun T is the man behind work out programs like "Hip Hop Abs," "Focus T25" and "Insanity." Time now for the latest installment of our series My Big Break, about triumphs big and small.