Adam G. Sevani (born June 29, 1992)
is an American
actor and
dancer who first came to the spotlight for his work as Robert
"Moose" Alexander III in the film Step Up 2: The
Streets.
Early life
Adam was born to Edita and Gagik Sevani-Manucharian. He is of
Italian and
Armenian descent. He is the younger brother
of
V Sevani, a member of the Boy Band
NLT. Adam started dancing from a very
young age in his parents' dancing studio,
Synthesis Dance Center. He was also
at a young age in the group
Fly Kidz. He
took on after his father who was also a dancer. He went to
Ribet Academy Prep for high school.
Career
Sevani was first recognized by the public when he was featured in 2
J.C. Penney's Children's Apparel commercials with
fellow child actor/dancer,
Alyson
Stoner (one in 2004 and one in 2005). Adam was a part of
FlyKidz, a singing group and children's television show on the
CBS network.
Adam was a supporting actor in
Step Up 2 the Streets, the sequel to
Step Up, as Robert "Moose" Alexander III.
The movie premiered on February 14, 2008. Sevani was praised by
The New York Times for portraying
a character who "might be the baddest nerd in movie history". He
also received the 2008 Young Hollywood Award for 'Best Scene
Stealer' for his role as "Moose". Now he will be in Movie
Step-Up 3-D rumored to be released Aug 6th,
2010. Sevani will still play as "Moose". Alyson Stoner will be in
it as well as Briana Evigan.
Adam was also in one episode of
Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory to
shoot a
music video with
Rob Dyrdek and to
choreograph their moves.
Dancing
Sevani has appeared in music videos such as:
Mase's "
Breathe,
Stretch, Shake",
Will Smith's
"
Switch",
T-Pain's
"
Church",
Missy
Elliott's "
I'm Really Hot" and
NLT's "That Girl." He also did the choreography
for
NLT's music video for "Karma." He is
credited as a back-up dancer for
Kevin
Federline's performance on the
Teen Choice Awards in 2006. Adam also
formed a dance crew with
Jon M. Chu and several California area dancers with
celebrity cameos in 2008 known as the ACDC, or Adam/Chu Dance Crew
. The crew had a highly publicized
YouTube
dance battle with
Miley Cyrus.
Filmography
References
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