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Andre Clarke(born October 29,1968),also known as Andre Mizrahi is an American Dancer and Choreographer best known for his appearance on the Apollo. Clarke was born and grew up in Brooklyn, living much of his life dancing around pretending to be Michael Jackson with whom he holds as his greatest performer of all time,will soon become the Michael Jackson of an underground world known as the Ballroom scene.After Clarke's son was born he took a new direction with his life with the aid of his best friend,who by the way was gay.On his first visit to the Greenwich Village,Clarke was introduced to a culture that has been around some 30 years before his discovery.While on the peir he saw the "kids" or "children" voguing and popping which immediately took his attention.6 Months later,he was present at his first ball(Pepper Labeija's ball 1989 at Tracks,Nyc).Ironically Andre's first category wasn't performance,he walked best dressed at Peppers ball,not under his first house;Overness.Andre became a member of the house of Labeija under the supervision of Parents Pepper and Tommy Labeija.It wasnt until June 1990 at the House of Elite ball in Washington DC that Andre would win not one but two of the categories that he competed in:Shorts Ahoy and Precision Haircuts.By September that year the members of Labeija all left and went on to open their house,which in present day known as the house of Revlon(Tony,Danielle& Stuart).With a house of alot of chiefs Andre felt the need to be a leader on his own.So by spring 1992 Andre branched off to start his own house:Mizrahi(From American fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi).By this time Andre would have mastered a few categories and was already a Legend.So after the departure from the house of Revlon,everyone in the ballroom scene was anticipating the battle between Andre and by then his father Tony Revlon.6 months later their wish came through at(RR Chanel Shadefest ball),where the final 2 standing were Andre Mizrahi and Tony Revlon,the category was Runway and the winner was Andre.10 years later Andre closed the house of Mizrahi and opened the house of Givenchy that was short lived and was immediately converted back to Mizrahi.At Stuart's and RR's ball in Atlanta in 2003,both men agreed to and deemed Andre an Icon on spot.