Dres Reid

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Dres Reid
Born	August 3, 1983 (1983-08-03) (age 28) Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Occupation	Dancer

Dres Reid (born Ricardo Andres Reid; August 3, 1983) is an American dancer.

Biography

Reid was born in Fort Walton Beach, Florida and raised in Charlotte, NC. Reid has been dancing professionally for 5 years but 20 years altogether and can be seen dancing next to Christina Aguilera on her Back to Basics Tour—where he says his favorite song to dance to is "Back in the Day"—and in her "Candyman" video.

Other artists he has worked with include Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Angela Winbush, Ricky Martin, Alesha Dixon, Natasha Beddingfield, Enrique Iglesias and Keisha Cole.

He was inspired to dance professionally by Michael Jackson and his sister Janet Jackson along with Boogaloo Shrimp, Shabba Doo, Poppin Pete and Poppin Taco. Reid was one of Michael Jackson's backup dancers for the This Is It concert series, which was canceled due to Jackson's sudden death on June 25, 2009.

Dres Reid alongside Travis Payne and Daniel Celebre took part in a collective dance to "They Don't Care About Us" with intro from "Bad" in the Philippines with the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) dancing inmates on January 19, 2010. The dance was specially choreographed by Travis Payne, the Michael Jackson choreographer and associate director of This Is It through an initiative of "Sony Pictures Home Entertainment".^[1] The clip went live on YouTube, Yahoo and TMZ and immediately captured more than 3 million views within 1 week of its release online.

Tours

• Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics Tour 2006-2007
• Ricky Martin - Black and White Tour 2007
• Vanessa Hudgens - Identified Summer Tour 2008
• Keyshia Cole - I Am Music Tour 2008
• Michael Jackson - This Is It 2009-2010 (cancelled)
• Whitney Houston - Nothing but Love World Tour 2010

Music videos

• Janet Jackson - "So Excited" (2006)
• Christina Aguilera - "Candyman" (2007)
• Enrique Iglesias - "Push" (2008)
• Natasha Bedingfield - "Pocketful of Sunshine" (2009)==References==

1. ^ Travis Payne, Dres Reid and Daniel Celebre in "They Don't Care About Us" dance with CPDRC dancing inmates in Philippines

External links

• Dres Reid at the Internet Movie Database
• Dres/Dres Reid on Myspace

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Name	Reid, Dres
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Date of birth	August 3, 1983
Place of birth	Fort Walton Beach, Florida
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