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The Broadway cast of the upcoming musical Newsies has officially been announced and among the talented cast will be 4 So You Think You Can Dance alumns.   The 4 dancers are: Evan Kasprzak (SYTYCD5), Thayne Jasperson (SYTYCD4), Jess LeProtto (SYTYCD8) and Alex Wong (SYTYCD7).

Though while on SYTYCD both Evan and Jess were considered Broadway style dancers, this show will be the Broadway debut for Thayne, Alex and Evan.  However,  Evan was part of the Newsies cast in their run out of town at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey.  The show is set to begin previews March 15th with an opening date of March 29th.  Newsies will…

SYTYCD alumni, Travis Wall & Nick Lazzarini, along with roommates Teddy Forance & Kyle Robinson will star in a new docuseries on Oxygen. It was announced today the show, “All The Right Moves”, will be developed by the network along with 2 other programs.

“All the Right Moves (wt)” features Emmy nominated choreographer Travis Wall (“So You Think You Can Dance,” “Step Up 4”) and his lifelong friends and roommates, Teddy Forance (dancer/choreographer with “Cirque du Soleil,” Kelly Clarkson’s appearance on the “American Music Awards”) dancer Nick Lazzarini (winner of “So You Think You Can Dance” season one) and Julliard trained Kyle Robinson (recently featured on “- TV by…

January 5th – Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA January 13 – McFarlin Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, TX January 23 – Manhattan Center, New York, NY February 23 – Capitol Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT March 2 – The Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA.

The X Factor USA posted a video yesterday detailing SYTYCD choreographer Brian Friedman’s search for dancers for The X Factor’s live shows. Watch The X Factor live on Tuesdays at 8 and you might see some familiar faces, including S8′s Ryan Ramirez and S3′s Allison Holker.

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Last night was opening night for the SYTYCD Season 8 Tour in Orlando. Below are videos of the dances in order (dances could change once Marko returns from his injury).

Video Credit: suz526, sunshineteablog, sseagraves, biaJME, kelseyvanzante, sjgraves419, LJsmart1

Introductions

El Fuego (Top 12 Group)

Tango (Jess & Girls)

Clarice Solo

Another One Bites The Dust (Tadd, Melanie, Jess, & Ricky)

Nutbush City Limits (Jordan & Nick)

Piece of My Heart (Caitlynn & Mitchell), Ain’t Nothing Wrong With That (Clarice & Jess), Show Me What You’re Working With (Melanie & Tadd)

Mitchell Solo

Group Bollywood

Jordan Solo

Prague (Top 6 Guys)

Shirk (Caitlynn & Mitchell), The Lonely (Jordan & Jess)

Ricky Solo

My Discarded Men (Top…

The dance industry is home to tens of thousands of dancers spread out all over the world; it takes long hours of dedication and passion to make a mark or a name for oneself. However, in my few years of covering the dance industry, there have been several dancers who have stuck out. I recently had the opportunity to interview and sit down to talk with contemporary dancer Juliette Irons, a small town Canadian dancer who has already made a mark on the LA dance industry.

When speaking to some of my colleagues, everyone seems to agree that Juliette Irons has a special quality to her dancing. No one can…

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