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Kherington Taylor Payne (born January 26, 1990) is an American dancer, actress, choreographer, television personality and singer who camas a contestant in Season 4 of the hit reality-dance show So You Think You Can Dance as the sixth female contestant and in gender the sixth overall contestant to be eliminated and in a role in the 2009 reinvention of the movie Fame. She has been a principal dancer for and was a lead cast member on E! reality docu-drama The Dance Scene. Payne was also briefly a member of the third line-up of the girl group The Pussycat Dolls. She was a choreographer on the YouTube show .


Personal life
Payne was born in Whittier, California and raised in Placentia, California. She is the daughter of Sheri Ashe (née Bigcraft). Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother remarried. She has one younger half-sister, Delaney. She has been taking formal dance lessons since she was 2 years old at Dance Precisions, located in Placentia. She graduated from El Dorado High School on June 10, 2008. Payne specializes in contemporary jazz, and is also trained in lyrical, ballet, pointe and gymnastics. Season 4 Contestants Bio sytycdfans.com Apart from dance, she is also an avid soccer fan who has played for many years. She teaches at a local dance studio in Jacksonville Florida. Kherington Payne Bio buddyTV.com


Career

So You Think You Can Dance
In 2008, Payne competed on Season 4 of the hit reality-dance show So You Think You Can Dance. After being the youngest competitor selected to be a part of the Top 20 that year, the then 18-year-old contemporary/jazz dancer was paired up with hip-hop dancer Stephen 'tWitch' Boss. The duo, also known as "Twitchington", performed many memorable routines and were extremely popular with audiences. Having made the Top 10, Payne later toured the country that fall with her fellow season 4 "IV REAL" finalists. Dance's Top Ten Are "IV Real," and the Ink Proves It TVguide.com

1Stephen 'tWitch' Boss"Too Darn Hot" from Kiss Me, KateSafe
2"A New Day Has Come"—Jean-Marc Généreux and Safe
3Hip-hop"Don't Touch Me (Throw da Water on 'em)"—Tabitha and
Napoleon D'umo
Safe
4"Malagueña"— '68 Comeback Special and Safe
Contemporary"Dreaming With a Broken Heart"—
5"2 Buck 4 TV"—Tha J-SquadLil' CBottom 3
Tango"Assassin's Tango" from Mr. and Mrs. SmithJean-Marc Généreux and
Results show solo"All We Are"—
6Mark KanemuraCountry-western two-step"Kick Back"—Ronnie DeBenedetta and Brandi JobaisEliminated
""Canned Heat"—
Performance show solo"Breakin' Dishes"—
Results show solo"Myphilosophy"—Inner


Post-SYTYCD
After the show she went on to play a reform school girl with fellow Season 4 contestants Katee Shean and Comfort Fedoke in the "Bootylicious" number in the "" episode of the television show Glee. SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Meets GLEE: Katee Shean, Kherington Payne, and Comfort Fedoke Guest Star She later starred as Alice Ellerton in the 2009 reinvention of the movie Fame, 'Fame' remake lines up cast HollywoodReporter.com which opened in theaters in September 2009. Payne also appeared as a checkout girl in the indie-movie musical Leading Ladies, Leading Ladies (official site) starring and .

In early 2010, Payne, along , performed as a backup dancer for at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, and was also featured prominently in the music video for Perry's summer smash-hit '' as the 'Peppermint Girl'. In May, Payne was announced as a new member of the , but her absence during later shows led many to believe that she'd left the group. Pussycat Dolls' New Members Revealed MTV.com In June, Payne played the role of Potiphar's wife Kherington Payne and Jonathan Platero Join Cast of Lincoln Theater's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, at the Lincoln Theater in Napa Valley. In early August, Payne danced with Diddy-Dirty Money at the Teen Choice Awards, to their hit track 'Hello Good Morning'.

Throughout August and September, Payne joined Katy Perry on her Teenage Dream promo tour, performing at private concerts around the world, including television appearances on The Today Show, Italy's X-Factor, Germany's Wetten, dass..? and the Season 36 season premiere of Saturday Night Live. During that time, she also performed on the American version of Dancing with the Stars for rock band Daughtry during the performance of their song 'September'. Whilst pursuing her career, Payne also teaches and assists at various dance studios and conventions in and around America.

In November, Payne performed a number of shows in Los Angeles with a girl group called Dance Recital. DANCE RECITAL Myspace Payne co-starred with famous choreographer on the E! docu-drama, The Dance Scene in 2011. The series followed Gibson and her dancers as they lived and worked in the LA dance/entertainment industry. Lady Gaga choreographer lands E! series EW.com The show first premiered April 10 on the E! Network in the United States, and has since been broadcast in many countries around the world.

In early 2011, Payne appeared in the romantic comedy film No Strings Attached as a 'frat party dancer'. In February 2011, she appeared as a featured dancer on an episode of titled "All That Cremains." Later that month she performed with on the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. In September, she made her second appearance on Dancing with the Stars as part of Macy’s Stars of Dance in a -inspired number choreographed by Marguerite Derricks, who had previously choreographed Payne in Fame. In late 2011, she also appeared in commercials for and Ford.

In 2012, she served as a choreographer and a dancer on Season 1 of the YouTube show , which she and her YouTube gamer, commentator, partner Matthew Woodworth eventually won based on viewers' votes. In April, she appeared on Dancing with the Stars dancing for . In June, Payne played Frenchie in Napa Valley Broadway Playhouse's debut production, Cabaret at the Napa Valley Opera House. Napa rubs elbows with Broadway, Hollywood NapaValleyRegister.com In July, she made a guest appearance on an episode titled " We'll Meet Again" in the role of Angelica. In September, Payne danced for Pink at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards and the .

In early 2013, Payne appeared as a showgirl dancer on the crime period drama Vegas. In June, Payne was featured as a showgirl in the closing musical number in the HBO movie Behind the Candelabra, and also made a brief cameo appearance in a music video for legendary musician to his cover of Puttin' on the Ritz, choreographed by Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo. Payne will star as Mary in the indie drama alongside and . The film is produced by Buffalo Gal Pictures and is released in 2015. Payne also starred as Sasha in a New Zealand film titled Born to Dance. US Star Kherington Payne to join the cast of 'Born To Dance'


Filmography
+ Filmography
Alice Ellerton
Jane Adams Choir Dancer
Checkout Girl
Frat Party Dancer
Herself
Dancer
Angelica
Dancer
Showgirl
DJ
Mary
Sasha


Music videos
2010: - Peppermint Dancer


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