Robert Taylor, Jr. is an American entertainer who’s goal is to inspire and spread love and peace to people of all ages through music and dance. Robert was born and raised in Coney Island and developed a love for music and dance as a as a young child. He graduated from Marymount Manhattan College with a B.A. in Dance and a minor in Musical Theater.  In Marymount, he studied the Graham, Horton, and Limon techniques, as well as acting, theater, and other styles of dance. He also performed in several musicals, including “New Girl In Town” and “The Boyfriend”.

Robert then went on to study with teachers such as Brian Green, The Amountboyz (who he performed with as an honorary member), Jared Grimes, Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie, Eric Jenkins, Jamie Jackson, Future, Eric Negron, and Spex.   He also performed for Michael Jackson, in 2002 at Webster Hall (NY) with a singing/dancing group called “Uneti”.

Robert was selected as one of the nation’s top 20 contestants for Season 8 of “So You Think You Can Dance” and made it to the top 16. Other credits include; “American Idol” Season 3 (top 87), “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 2 (top 16), MTV’s “Say What?” Karaoke (winning 2 shows), in which he won 2 shows and made it to the finals in both 2003 and 2007, Kat Deluna’s “Whine Up” music video, and the national tour of “Hairspray” as a singer/dancer/actor in 2008.

Robert has also danced for L.L. Cool J at Carnegie Hall for the CBS Network Rundown (choreographed by Gio Hubela from Iconic). He also performed with Rihanna as a recording artist/entertainer for the “Peace and Love” festival in Sweden in 2012. Robert recently performed in Rihanna’s Budweiser commercial with fellow faculty member AntBoogie.  This past Summer, he was a part of America’s Got Talent as a finalist with The Mothmen (top 40).

He is a current full-time faculty member of Broadway Dance Center as a hip-hop instructor and currently worked with Al Blackstone for musical theater projects. 

Not only will Robert shake things up with his signature, smooth moves as a motivator & performer but he will also rock the house as one of Above & Beyond Event’s favorite MC’s & singer!

As a indie recording artist, Robert has music on iTunes available for download: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/break-it-down-single/id540449144