So You Think You Can Dance’s Mark Kanemura gives a great interview

November 5, 2008

SYTYCD’s Mark Kanemura recently gave a great interview to Connecticut’s the Day newspapers. Here’s a highlight in response to a question about the grueling making of the show:

“It really was. Not only physically, but surprisingly a lot of it was so much more mentally challenging. It was like that from the first experience, back to the L.A. auditions, you get in there and you see thousands of dancers and you have to tell yourself you’re capable of doing something like this. You see how amazing everyone is and you begin to doubt yourself. And then you are constantly being judged and you have to stay strong in the game. One awesome thing I took away from it is it pushes you so much past what you think you are capable of.”

Here a link to the whole interview.

Kanemura gave the interview when he was in town for a performance at CT’s MGM Grand Theater At Foxwoods. The SYTYCD tour continues to make its way around New England and the East Coast. Visit our SYTYCD schedule page to see when the phenomenon comes near you. And as always, stay tuned to So You Think You Can Dance Tickets for the latest info on the SYTYCD tour.

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SYTYCD auditions coming to New York!

November 3, 2008

So You Think you Can Dance? Now is your chance to prove it!

The hottest dance show in history is holding auditions for the next season of the hit show. If you think you have the moves to hang with the best dancers in the land, get on over to the Mark Morris Dance Center and strut your stuff.

According to the official Fox release “We are looking for great dancers! Great Performers! All Styles! All Dancers!”

Fox advices you to “Dress to impress……..Stand out from the crowd……..and show us what you’ve got!”

It should be a great time if you have what it takes. Even if you don’t make the cut, it will be a lot of fun to get out there.

If you want to audition, the So You Think You Can Dance auditions take place on Thursday November 13 at the Mark Morris Dance Center located at 3 Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn, New York 11217. Auditions start at 8AM when doors open for registration. Call back are November 14 & 15, so keep your calendar open!

Here are some rules from Fox:

  • Your audition music must be on CD format only.
  • All songs must be songs that are commercially available via retail channels and cannot be a re-mix of a song, a song downloaded from the internet or websites, or a contestant created mix (i.e. a mix of several songs.) None of the selected songs shall contain sexually explicit or overly violent lyrics.
  • You must be prepared to dance to another song from a list provided at the audition.
  • The lines for the audition will be long, so please bring food and water.
  • Contestants must be either a US citizen, legal permanent resident of the US, possess a current validly issued “Employment Authorization Card,” enabling him/her to seek employment freely (i.e., without restrictions as to employer) in the US, or in the process of obtaining such status that will enable the contestant to accept unrestricted employment in the United States on or before the first day of Las Vegas Call Backs currently scheduled to begin on or about April 1, 2009.
  • Contestants must be no younger than 18 or older than 30 years of age on the first day they register for auditions. Any contestant who is a minor in their state of residence must also have a parent or legal guardian sign.
  • Check www.FOX.com/dance soon for audition forms

Stay tuned to So You Think You can Dance tickets for more audition dates and venues as the information is released.

If you don’t think you have what it takes to make the cut, there is always the So You Think You Can Dance tour, making its way across the US now. Visits out SYTYCD schedule page for the complete schedule.

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