JoshuaAllen of FortWorthwon season four of SYTYCD. Photo: FOX


same night. “Whatwill happen is everyonewill performandwewill give individual telephone numbers,”Nigel said. “The judgeswill decide who is in the bottomduring the secondweek and at the end of the showwewillmake the decisionwho should stay andwho should go home based onAmerica’s votes.”


The greatest function of the series, notedNigel, is to educate viewers by helping themunderstandwhat dance is; learn simple dance terms and aesthetics; feel the dancers as real people; learn howa dancer develops and choreographerswork; and to see different forms, choreography and companies so that viewerswillwant to pay to see live performanc- es. The show, he asserts, can only do that if it beginswhere the audi- ence is, draws themin through the drama of the showand then brings themto a newplace.One part of that vision is to bring various kinds of exemplary dance to the screen. “Iwant to continue bringing in guest companies likeCedar LakeContemporaryBallet and exponents of dance styles thatwe haven’t seen,”Nigel said.


So You Think You CanDancewill air on FOXbeginning inMay 2012 and run formost of the summer.More information is available at www.fox.com/dance.


AUDITIONADVICE.Gleaned fromthe Saturday and Sunday audi- tions comes this list of take-aways for dancers interested in trying out for SYTYCD:


1.Be open to critique; 2.Be ready to growin the artform; 3.Be familiarwith other dance genres so you can understand and pick up choreography quickly;


4. Fearlessly use thewhole stagewith generous gestures; 5.Maximize everymovement so that you express yourself not only technically and visually butwith emotions that enhance the dance; and


DANCE!NORTHTEXAS


6.Connectwith the audience and the judges. a publication of the dance council of north texas


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