Sisco Gomez

Francisco Javier Gomez-Aspron (born 4 February 1985 in London, England), known professionally as Sisco Gomez, is an English dancer and choreographer.[1] He was awarded the Best New Choreographer award at the UK satellite version of The Carnival: Choreographer's Ball in 2005.

Career

Dancer

Sisco Gomez was born in 1985, an only child, and is of Afro-Colombian heritage. His father also called Francisco Gomez-Aspron who originates from Seville, Spain, was a draughtsman at the Seville shipyard and moved to England around 1954; his mother is from Cali, Colombia, es Vallecaucano. Following in the footsteps of his mother, Sisco became a dancer. At school in Westminster he studied musical theatre, jazz and tap. He also went to the Sylvia Young Theatre School and Pineapple Performing Arts School. At 16, Gomez joined the hip-hop company Culture Shock. He then studied jazz and hip-hop in the USA (New York) and also in a variety of European countries.

Sisco danced in Zoonation's Box Beat show at the Lilian Baylis Theatre and was the youngest member of Bounce – The Street Dance Sensation. As well as working as a commercial dancer, Gomez has been a choreographer and a teacher of dance master classes. From 2003 to 2009 he was Artistic Director of Dance 2xs, which trains dancers in a variety of forms. He worked as a judge on the Ukrainian version of So You Think You Can Dance and then became a judge on the UK version of the show. Sisco's assistant on Kylie Minogue, NRJ awards, So You Think You Can Dance UK, and So You Think You Can Dance Ukraine was Abby Goodwin. Sisco also danced with fellow judge Louise Redknapp.

Choreographer

The recipient of the Best New Choreographer award at the UK satellite version of The Carnival: Choreographer's Ball in 2005, Sisco has worked with artists such as Kylie Minogue,[1] A'mei, Paula Abdul,[1] Sugababes, Liberty X, Alexandra Burke, Dannii Minogue, Nike, Inc., Madonna, Geri Halliwell, and Charlotte Church, and was a choreographer on So You Think You Can Dance in Ukraine. He was the Artistic Director and Choreographer for Alexandra Burke's All Night Long UK Tour.

Gomez is currently the choreographer for the tenth series of The X Factor (UK).

Reality television judge

He is a judge on So You Think You Can Dance in Ukraine. He is also a main judge on So You Think You Can Dance (UK).[2]

Gomez is also a judge on CBBC's show Sport Relief/Comic Relief Does Glee Club. He is a judge alongside David Grant and head judge Carrie Grant. There have been two series, in 2011 and 2012.

Gomez is expected to judge on CBBC dance show Alesha's Street Dance Stars along with former Dancing On Ice judge Louis Spence and the show will be hosted by Alesha Dixon. The show is awaiting its third series as it is currently on hiatus

Fashion

Sisco is famous for his confident and unique (sometimes flamboyant) fashion sense, in which he claims to take great pride. Notably, his hairstyles have drawn media attention and he is particularly interested in the visual presentation of other dancers.[3] Gomez created controversy with his new sleeker hairstyle on the first live episode of So You Think You Can Dance 2010 – most fans preferred his more natural curly hair.[4] Stylejacking blog also commented: "Sisco is a dancer, a choreographer and ultimately a performer – we loved the outfit!"

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Street dancing in Somerset". BBC Somerset. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  2. ↑ Groskop, Viv (2 February 2010). "Choreographers become the darlings of primetime TV". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  3. ↑ "So You Think You Can Dance: Sisco and Louise Redknapp row over Sophie Cook’s hair!", Unreality TV.
  4. ↑ "So You Think You Can Dance 2011: Sisco Gomez defends new hairstyle and outfit!", Unreality TV.
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