'So You Think You Can Dance' Star Serge Onik Dies At 33
KEY POINTS
- Serge Onik made it to the Top 10 of "So You Think You Can Dance"
- Onik also appeared on "Dancing with the Stars"
- He got a two-second role in "In the Heights" movie
Serge Onik, who appeared in season 11 of "So You Think You Can Dance," has died at the age of 33. The professional dancer's rep, Jim Keith of the Movement Talent Agency, confirmed the news Tuesday night.
"He was an amazing dancer with a huge heart and he touched the lives of everyone who met him," Keith said in a statement, EW reported. "He will be truly missed. This is a sad day for us at the agency and for the dance community as a whole."
However, the agency did not reveal the cause of death yet.
Last week, Onik took to Instagram to share a post in which he looked fine. The post also featured his friends.
Celebs and netizens took to the comments section of the post shared their condolence messages after the tragic news broke.
Canadian choreographer Luther Brown commented, "Rest In Peace Serge ______ Sending condolences to your family and loved ones. You were a real one!!"
A popular entertainment blogger, Micah Jesse, wrote, "Devastated by this tremendous loss _ Serge you will be forever missed... No party will ever be the same. My heart goes out to you, your family, and all of your friends who are going to miss you so terribly. #gonetoosoon."
Freestyle hip hop dancer Stephen Boss wrote, "Rest well King. Gone too soon and heaven has definitely gained one of the coolest and talented angels."
One of the fans wrote, "Ugh. My heart is broken," while another fan wrote, "Serge my heart, I love you. Rest easy my friend."
On the work front, the Ukraine-born dancer made it to the Top 10 on the reality show before his elimination. After the "So You Think You Can Dance" show, Onik went on to appear on various stage shows, music videos, and television series, including "Dancing with the Stars."
He recently appeared in a musical drama, "In the Heights," just for two seconds and revealed how privileged he felt.
Onik took to Instagram on June 16 to share his appearance's footage and captioned: "I mean it’s for literally 2 seconds but I’ve never been more honored to be part of a project, for a few reasons."
"It’s such a privilege to be part of a movie that represents the cultures and peoples and dance genre that basically raised me and I owe my whole everything to," he said, adding: "That’s my ginger brotha from anotha standing right next to me, it don’t get better than that."
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