

They're gonna remember me even though I don't live here,' " he says. "I was frickin' living in these dance moves. With his headshots in his car, Blokker decided to go in. When he got to Los Angeles, he checked out a dance school in North Hollywood and found out about an audition for a new dance agency that was happening around the corner. "Let me tell you, those abs were poppin' on those shots," Blokker says. His friend had one demand: He wanted Blokker to get some headshots taken before making the trip. "I gained up enough strength to leave that relationship."Ī friend invited him to come to Los Angeles for a vacation at his beach house. "No one out there is going to stop me from living the life that I want to live," he says. That was the final straw in the relationship. "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, people wanted my autograph, and I was really no one," says Blokker.

When he got his first big choreography job in his home state of New Jersey, his partner was not supportive. The story of his big break begins with someone breaking him down.īlokker says he was in an emotionally and physically abusive relationship for "four years too long." Shaun Blokker, better known as Shaun T, is the man behind the fast-paced, strenuous fitness programs Insanity, Focus T25 and Hip Hop Abs. It does not store any personal data.Shaun Blokker, known as Shaun T, is the man behind the fitness programs Hip Hop Abs and Insanity. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
