Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss, Ellen present’s dancing DJ, dies at 40

The dancer-DJ additionally appeared in movies like Step Up: All In and Magic Mike XXL and was featured in Disney+’s The Hip Hop Nutcracker, launched this 12 months. He additionally had positioned as a runner-up on So You Assume You Can Dance and later judged season 17 of the dance competitors present.

“We’re shocked and heartbroken by the tragic information of the passing of Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss. tWitch was a multi-faceted expertise and integral a part of The Ellen DeGeneres Present and our Warner Bros Tv Group household. He had the power to deliver communities of individuals collectively every day to share in pleasure and laughter,” Warner Bros Tv Group mentioned in an announcement on Wednesday.

The Alabama native studied dance efficiency at Southern Union State Group School and Chapman College.

His love of dancing permeated by way of all features of his life as he aspired to emulate greats like Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire.

“My private opinion: The best of all time needed to be Gene Kelly, man. Gene Kelly, as a result of he’s a man’s man. I like Fred Astaire, however Fred Astaire was so clean, and it was nice. He was so elegant,” Boss mentioned in an interview with the Related Press in 2014. “However Gene Kelly – he could possibly be like any person’s dad, who simply determined to stand up off the sofa and dance round and clear the kitchen up.”

Boss posted dance movies on TikTok together with his spouse, who can also be an expert dancer, with their youngsters making visitor appearances.

Celebrities like Questlove, Kerry Washington and Carrie Ann Inaba posted on social media in mourning.

“I’ve no phrases man. Could his household discover decision on this darkish time. Could all of us discover peace of thoughts in our on a regular basis lives. On a regular basis is a winding highway and also you simply might by no means know who’s on the sting,” Questlove posted on Instagram.

“Twitch introduced pleasure and like to folks all around the world by way of music and thru dance. My coronary heart is heavy as we speak for his household and all of those that knew and liked him,” Washington additionally posted on Instagram.

“He was a particular one. A superb man, a husband, an artist, a dancer, an entertainer, a brilliant gentle…He was extraordinary. He may do something and he did it with a pleasure and beauty and a few swagger. Twitch, I’m at a loss… my coronary heart appears to be frozen… like I don’t wish to exhale, hoping that possibly if I don’t exhale, that somebody will right this horrible mistake. And all might be okay once more,” Inaba, a Dancing With The Stars choose, posted on Instagram.

Boss’s dying was first reported by TMZ.

He’s survived by his spouse and three youngsters.