Ian Berry

Justin M. Lewis, a native of the Washington D.C. area has been dancing since the age of 5.
Mr. Lewis began by watching the movie “Tap” with Gregory Hines. Lewis then began to
study dance at Knock On Wood Tap Studio in Silver Spring Maryland where he later
became a member of the Pre-Professional Company, Tappers With Attitude (TWA).
Under TWA Mr. Lewis danced on many famous stages including, Radio City Music Hall,
Lincoln Theatre, Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, Blues Alley, The Smithsonian, National
Corcoran Gallery, The Apollo Theatre in New York City and many more. Lewis was then
accepted into a top Arts College in Chicago IL. He attended Columbia College Chicago
from 2007-2009, where he majored in Performing Arts Management.
He had the honor of becoming a principal dancer on a new Tap Dance show at Universal
Studios in Hollywood California entitled “Tap Worx”. Mr. Lewis is currently a dancer
and Artistic Director for Rhythmic Circus’ “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now”, and The “Holiday
Shuffle.” He has performed on many stages across the United States and has toured in
Greater London and Edinburgh Scotland for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as well as
performed at Super Bowl 52 in Minneapolis MN.
Lewis is also a Master Tap Choreographer and Artistic Director at Studio Bleu Dance
Center in Ashburn Virginia. He currently runs the tap program as well as continues to
choreograph for over 50+ studios around the country on a yearly basis. Lewis has also
taught as an Adjunct Professor at Shenandoah University for their Musical Theatre and
Dance Program.
While teaching at Studio Bleu, Lewis has had the honor and pleasure of being the teacher of
Mr. Luke Spring (Ellen DeGeneres Show/ A Christmas Story on Broadway) where Lewis
and his student Spring teamed up to perform together on many occasions. Lewis and
Spring is an internet sensation with one of their videos reaching over 65 million views
on Facebook and YouTube.
Lewis has won many awards for his choreography, being nominated for “Best Tap Routine of
the Year” in 2014. He was awarded the honor of having his choreography performed at the
“Young Choreographers Festival”, in 2015. He has been a recipient of the prestigious
“ACE Awards” in New York City with his company The JaM Project. The company has
also reached viral video credibility from the legendary Doobie Brothers on their “Long
Train Runnin” concept video. Along with the JaM project, he is also a cast member of the
NBC hit television show “World of Dance Season 2”. Lewis also performed for
YouTube’s Annual Broadcast at Radio City Music Hall in NYC.
Justin M. Lewis was honored with Choreographing and Directing his first musical theatre
production of The “Hot Shoe Shuffle” at the Wick Theatre in Boca Raton Florida. He
won Best Choreography for the prestigious Carbonell Awards in South Florida.