Justin Michael Lewis
Phone – (240) 372-6588 E-mail – justin@thelewisconcept.com
Website- www.thelewisconcept.com
Experience/Career:
Cedarbrook Community Church- Sunday Morning coordinator/Worship team performer
Cedarbrook Community Church is located in Clarksburg MD and is dedicated to serving the people of the greater Washington DC Area.
- Worked with the Worship Leader on developing new production ideas for Sunday Services
- Wrote and scripted material for video productions
- Perform with worship team on stage
- Assisted in writing material and set lists for worship
- Managed team of production members
Studio Bleu Inc:
- Master Choreographer
- Artistic Director of Nationally Known Tap Program
Professor at Shenandoah University Winchester VA (2017-2019)
- Dance and Musical Theatre Professor
- Production set and lighting design
- Created new curriculum for the musical theatre and dance programs
- Choreographed work for the musical theatre shows on campus
Choreographer at The Wick Theatre in Boca Raton FL (2019)
- Choreographer and Co-Director of the “Hot Shoe Shuffle”, Off Broadway Musical
- Managed the production and staff
- Designed Set
Rhythmic Circus Tour:
- Artistic Director
- Performer on tour “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now”
- Performed in 35 US states
- Performed on tour at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland
Independent Contractor: CEO and Owner of The Lewis Concept Inc.
- Convention Teacher on WILD dance Convention, West Coast Dance Explosion, Fluid Dance Convention, NYCDA
- Taught on Tap Festivals including, RIFF in Dallas, Little Rock Tap Festival, D.C Tap Festival
- The JaM project (featured on NBC’s World of Dance Season 2)
- Toured teaching choreography and music theory for 10 years
Awards/Honors/Special Performances:
• Duke Ellington Award in the Arts
• Winner of Capezio ACE Awards in New York City 2017
• Martin Luther King Jr. Award of Academic Achievement
• Over 500 Community Service Hours
• Performed on famous stages such as Wolf Trap, Lincoln Theatre, Kennedy Center, and
Smithsonian, New Victory, Radio City
• Opened awards ceremony for Queen Latifa
• Performed at the World Renown Apollo Theatre in New York City, New York
• Is the teacher and choreographer for Luke Spring (Ellen DeGeneres Show & So You Think You
Can Dance)
• Has earned numerous awards for best choreography at competitions and shows
• Performed on Broadway at the Town Hall December 2010
• Nominated for Best Choreography of the Year 2013
• Won prestigious award for Best Choreography at the Young Choreographers Festival in NYC
2015
• Choreographer of Finale piece at the Fred and Adele Astaire Awards 2015
• Season 2 Contestant on World of Dance on NBC with The JaM Project
• Performed at Super Bowl 52
• Winner of Carbonell Award for Best Choreography (Florida Theatre)
• Rhythmic Circus Choreographer and winner of “Best of Fringe” at Edinburgh Scotland Fringe
Festival
• Performer at YouTubes Branding event
Education:
Associates Degree in Performing Arts Management from Columbia College of Chicago Coursework taken at Full Sail University in Management
-Columbia College of Chicago Coursework
• Writing and Rhetoric
• Public Speaking
• Accounting I
• Marketing I & II
• Introduction to Management
• African American Studies
• Producing and Touring Live Entertainment
Interesting Facts:
• Uncle, Phill Lewis played Mr. Moseby on Disney’s “Suite Life of Zach and Cody” “Suite Life on Deck” as well as writer and producer of multiple Disney and Network Television Shows.
• Viral video on YouTube and Facebook of over 60 Million Views
• Viral video with JaM project that was Reposted by The Doobie Brothers “Long Train Runnin”