Last night the “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 9 auditions made their final stop in Salt Lake City. With “SYTYCD” judging veteran Adam Shankman joining Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy at the judges table, we knew we were in for a great night. A well-known dance hotspot, SLC has been the audition city […]
I have to say I’ve been very proud of “So You Think You Can Dance” so far this season. There haven’t been too many painfully bad auditions, plus the dancers with sob stories haven’t completely outnumbered the ones without. Bravo! On the other hand, Nigel seems to be getting more and more inappropriate. (No he […]
For the past couple of months, “So You Think You Can Dance” judge and producer Nigel Lythgoe has been dropping major hints that Season 9 was going to bring some big changes to the show. Here are a few new things you can expect. No more results shows. Contestants will be “dancing for their […]
Tom Cruise as Stacee Jaxx (photo by David James) From Hairspray to Chicago, we’ve eagerly followed some of our Broadway favorites to the big screen—and Rock of Ages is no exception. Take a trip with us down the Sunset Strip and see why this movie is sure to soar to the top of the charts. […]
Bright and early this morning (actually, it was more dark and early ), DS managing editor Rachel Zar and I hopped on the subway and headed to Manhattan Center, the site for the Season 9 “So You Think You Can Dance” auditions. When we arrived at 6:30am, there were already hundreds of dancers lined up […]
Melody and Nick Lazzarini on “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 1. Melody Lacayanga is tiny and powerful, and she’s taking the commercial dance world by storm. The feisty, California-born dancer grew up dancing with Chris Jacobsen’s Dance Company of San Francisco (with this month’s cover girl, Chantel Aguirre!), but it was her successful […]
Jaimie Goodwin is just 23 years old, but she’s already taken her dance career across the country, around the world and onto the big and small screens. Jaimie grew up dancing at Denise Wall’s Dance Energy in Virginia Beach, VA. As a member of the studio’s competition team, Jaimie regularly took home top honors, including […]
Last summer, during “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 7, I was riding high. The judges and audience had been responding well to my performances, and I was really enjoying learning so many different dance styles. After successfully attempting my first hip-hop routine in week three, I felt confident going into my next routine, […]