Mark dancer for red and 1989 did a little interview and talked a little about Taylor. Note most of the interview is sad when he talks about unemployment after 1989 ended 😔 honolulumagazine(.)com/Honolulu-Magazine/June-2017/QA-Mark-Villaver-World-Touring-Dancer/
Q+A: Mark Villaver, World-Touring Dancer
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You may recognize 26-year-old Mark Villaver, the Kalihi B-boy turned professional dancer, from the 2014 viral video of him and his deaf mother, Emilia Villaver Daquiog, dancing together. Since then, he’s performed with Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande and toured with Taylor Swift during her 1989 World Tour in 2015. Although 2016 was a year of development for the dancer, he’s back in the spotlight and auditioning for season 14 of So You Think You Can Dance.
We spoke to Villaver about going pro, his local roots and working with Taylor Swift. […]
HONOLULU: What happened last year?
Villaver: From 2012 to 2015 I was doing really well, careerwise. I was dancing for artists. I was going on world tours with Taylor Swift. After that, I came off of tour, got my own apartment. [I was] living alone and you know, no job. I’m unemployed. [I sustained] an injury. It was my first time living alone by myself. So that made me feel even lonelier. I started losing myself up in my head. I wasn’t working. […]
HONOLULU: On a lighter note, is there anything you can tell us about working with Taylor Swift?
Villaver: Taylor, the Swifts, we’re all family, we’re all cool. There’s never a bad thing because it’s very chill. I can be chill with them and they love that about me. I can just be the Hawaiian like, “Oh hey, what’s up!” That’s why I’m blessed to be from Hawai‘i, how you raised yeah? So much respect.