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When Ryan was 4 years old, he started dancing — and he loved it.

"I love dancing because it is a different language of expression like no other," he explains now. "Choreographers ... are brilliant storytellers."

As a kid, he knew dancing wasn't the "in" thing to do. He'd tell people he dreamed of being on Broadway, and sometimes they'd make nasty comments.

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