The Scoop on Kenny from “Dancelife”
I absolutely LOVE Dancelife (as do many of you, I know). My favorites are Jersey and Kenny, leaning heavily toward Kenny. He’s just so adorable and, well, limber.
The Boston Globe ran a profile on its native son earlier this month:
“…There is something about dancing and moving and music that I have always loved,” says [Kenny] Wormald, catching his breath after auditioning for an upcoming Christina Aguilera video in Los Angeles. “I’m getting to do what I love for a living.”
Wormald got the Aguilera job, and he hopes the MTV show will bring more opportunities for a career that got its jump-start when he was still in his childhood bedroom. He recalls learning to imitate the moves of Michael Jackson and New Kids on the Block while watching their videos.
“I was a real hyper kid,” says Wormald, who played baseball and football at Stoughton High School. “I would feel the music.”
To help focus his competitive energy, his mother enrolled him in Brockton’s Sherry Gold Dance Studio at age 6. He learned acrobatics, ballet, tap, jazz, and modern dance during his 10 years there.
Read more after the jump!
Tags: boston, dancelife, jennifer-lopez, kenny_Wormald, MTV“My close friends would give me [grief] when I had to miss football practice because of ballet,” he says. “It was a happy medium. I still played sports when I danced.”
Dancing took him far, Wormald says, even to the White House. At age 10, he was tapped as one of several local young dancers to perform for President Clinton during the 1995 Easter Egg hunt on the White House lawn. Wormald’s moves also won him a gold medal in tap at the World Dance Championships in Riesa, Germany.
He excelled in the various dance styles, from hip-hop to jazz in the Brockton dance studio, and it’s a combination he performs with grace and spunk in the MTV series.
“It all comes together in what he does now,” says Rennie Gold , Wormald’s former dance instructor who is watching him every Monday night on the MTV show “It’s what makes him a strong dancer now, the variety of training. We’re really proud of him.”
After graduating from Stoughton High, Wormald and his fellow dancer buddy Nick Baga of Randolph moved to Los Angeles to try to make it as professional dancers. Wormald immediately landed a role as a dancer for an episode of “The Drew Carey Show.” Wormald later found work performing in videos for Madonna’s “American Life” and Mariah Carey’s “It’s Like That.” Last year, he danced with Furtado on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” That performance will be featured in an upcoming episode of the MTV dance series. Another episode will feature him dancing with Lopez in New York,
“He’s an amazing kid,” says Rod Aissa , one of the executive producers of the MTV show who handpicked Wormald for the show, with Lopez’s blessing. “Everyone across the board said ‘yes’ to Kenny. You see Kenny really go for it. Here is this kid from Boston trying to go out there and make it. If you asked him if he would want to do anything else, he wouldn’t have another answer for you. You see his passion.”
Wormald brings that passion to the stage when he performs with his idol, Justin Timberlake, on the pop star’s tour, which comes to the TD Banknorth Garden tomorrow. When he’s not dancing or dabbling with producing tracks, Wormald also tries to squeeze in time to spend with girlfriend, Ashley Roberts of the pop group Pussycat Dolls.
But Wormald says he hasn’t forgotten where he learned to tap his feet. He took the MTV camera crews to his old Brockton dance studio last year to teach local kids some hip-hop moves. That episode will air next month.
Wormald hopes other young dancers may be inspired by watching him and his five fellow dancers endure the ups and downs of dance life in Los Angeles.
“I want people to enjoy the show and that you can really do what you want to do,” he says. “If you put your effort, time , and talent into something, you can go far in life. I’ve worked my whole life for this.”
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18 opinions for The Scoop on Kenny from “Dancelife”
monica killer
Mar 4, 2007 at 1:58 pm
omg kenny is soooooooo hot
Jenn
Mar 8, 2007 at 2:37 pm
I Think Kenny is hot i made a friend wit sum1 i really like at tha club dat dances wit me and he can dance. I would luv 2 met Nolan and Kenny they are both hot wish i could talk 2 them.
Angela
Apr 3, 2007 at 6:26 pm
we finally have dance life in the uk, and it has only taken me a few episodes to fall in love with kenny! he’s so adorable and i love the way he dances. i hope that the show will give him a bigger profile and we see alot more of him.
carah
Apr 25, 2007 at 2:42 am
i luuuurrrrrrrrvvvveeeee kenny es soooooooooooooooo fit. yum nd es agr8 dancer
zuriñe
May 6, 2007 at 8:47 am
I love kenny
katie
Jun 12, 2007 at 12:44 pm
kenny is soooooo hot looove you kenny!
cennet
Jun 19, 2007 at 12:14 pm
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cennet
Jun 19, 2007 at 12:16 pm
ı love kennyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
cennet
Jun 19, 2007 at 12:17 pm
kennyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy seni seviyorum aşkım
Sabine
Jun 22, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Dear Kenny,
Your lovely, become a starr, because they have to shine!
Kiss Sabine ( from Holland )
Emma stewart
Jul 11, 2007 at 11:34 am
omg kenny… you are the most hardcore dancer… i luv you man!!!!! and lets not forget that you are the flyest guy eva!!!!
carolina
Jul 11, 2007 at 12:07 pm
me en castas como bailas, es el numero uno
Erin Gallagher
Jul 14, 2007 at 9:59 am
Kenny,
i cant believe that u made it that far so quickly i also live in boston and i started dance at a young age but it wasnt right for me. just keep on workin hard cuz we all love u and cant wait for u to show us that you can make it all the way to the top
*muah*
Erin
clémence
Aug 17, 2007 at 3:37 am
juste parce qu’il danse trop bien!
juste parce qu’avec son sourire il nous fait toute tombé par terre!
juste parce qu’il est tro bo!!!
juste parce qu’il me plait!!!!!
juste parce qu’il me fait rever!
i love you!!!!
andreea
Aug 20, 2007 at 7:35 am
i think Kenny and the other ones from DANCELIFE are great and they’re doing a great job.I love them from the day i saw them on TV and i wish them luck and the best things…………
meagan
Sep 24, 2007 at 9:07 pm
omg kenny is sooo freakin HOTT! i only watch dance life cuz of him…also i was lookin for him at the justin timberlake concert!
lindy
Sep 24, 2007 at 9:09 pm
kenny needs to hav his own show on mtv!
Danielle S.
Jan 15, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Most important first. Kenny is dope you can see his passion in his every move. i really enjoy watching him dance he just glides across the floor. He should be Justin Timberlakes idol. His style is hott! NOW, secondly ha ha ……I’d like every drop of sweat of his sexy ass body. I just wanted to jump through the t.v and kiss those juicy lips. Um..um..um..damn boy ill tell ya damn. I’d give my right eye. REALLY j/k not really. but id wax that across tha state of GA.I’m usually not that graphic but u turn me right on!! Holla
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