Tommy Franzen - https://www.instagram.com/tommythefranzen/
Tommy Franzen is an award winning and multi skilled creative who is predominantly known and admired for his work in the dance and choreography world:. As well as this his skills include stunt work, martial arts, rock climbing, acting and property investment.
Hailing from just outside Malmo in Sweden , Tommy moved to London to study at The Urdang Academy. He embraced on his professional career whilst still at college and has navigated his career between stage and screen work.
On stage Tommy has appeared in musicals and dance productions including ‘Blaze’, ‘The Five and Prophecy of Prana’ for Boy Blue Entertainment, ‘Utopia Live Lates’,‘Leda and the swan’ and ‘Goldberg’.
For Zoonation he has appeared in productions of ‘The Mad Hatters Tea Party’, ‘Message in a Bottle’ featuring the music of Sting and ‘Sone Like it Hip Hop’.
On screen Tommy has appeared in films including ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’, ‘Mamma Mia’ and ‘Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, ‘Alladin', 'Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’, ‘Cats’ and most recently ‘Snow White’. As well as this Tommy has featured in numerous commercials.
Tommy also was a contestant in the first season of the UK version of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ finishing second.
As a choreographer he has worked on productions with Zoonation, Film productions, and Music Videos including the iconic ‘Swagger Jagger’ by Cher lloyd.
He has also been a choreographer on bbcs strictly come dancing since 2018.
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