As we eagerly await Season 8 of So You Think You Can Dance, Dance Informa spoke with Nigel Lythgoe to find out what we can expect. Will there be All Stars? Will we see amazing young talent?

After 6 years of the highly successful shows Nigel shares that he still gets surprised by the talent that graces their stage and our television screens.

Watch his video interview and get ready for a great summer of dance viewing!

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Cat Deeley, much loved host of So You Think You Can Dance spoke to Dance Informa about her role behind the scenes and what she enjoys most about hosting the popular television show.  Not a dancer herself, Cat told us how the show has helped her to develop a great love and appreciation for dance.

Busy filming with competition hopefuls in Atlanta at the Season Eight auditions, Cat was having fun meeting the many eager dancers and was excited about the talent she had seen so far.

So You Think You Can Dance Season Eight begins this Summer on FOX.

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Mary Murphy is back for Season 8 of So You Think You Can Dance.  She’s healthy, happy and excited to take her seat on the judging panel after successfully fighting cancer.  Dance Informa chatted with Mary at the Season 8 auditions. In person Mary was quiet, sincere and very sweet, and distinctly calmer than her boisterous TV persona.  We are so excited to see Mary back doing what she loves and sharing her passion for dance with us!

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Nationwide Casting Call

Do you dream of being a world-class dancer in the entertainment industry? Here’s Your Chance!
Superstar Choreographer and Creative Director Laurieann Gibson and the executive producers of Making The Band are casting Female Dancers Only for her new dance competition show on BET.

Laurieann Gibson is famous for her work with Lady Gaga, Making the Band, SYTYCD, The Pulse On Tour and more.
Read Dance Informa’s interview with Laurieann here.

Ms. ‘Boom Kack’ herself, Laurieann Gibson will share her hard-won expertise on how to succeed in the competitive world of dance with a hand-selected group of dancers. The winner of the competition will be awarded a $50,000 cash prize.

Get to one of the auditions! Go to www.BET.com/laurieanncasting  for details and updates.

Auditions are being held in three of the biggest markets in the country – Atlanta, New York and Los Angeles.
Atlanta – February 26
New York – March 2
Los Angeles – March 5

Rules & Guidelines:
The line for auditions opens at 6am
Auditions are 9am – 12pm
Audition spaces are limited and not everyone is guaranteed to be seen
Auditioners must be at least 18 years old

CBS’ new dance show, Live to Dance premiered on Tuesday night.
Hosted by Paula Abdul, Live to Dance showcases dancers of all styles and ages competing to win $500,000.
For more information visitwww.cbs.com/primetime/live_to_dance/

Philadelphia – FALLS BRIDGE: new movement, improvisation and performance festival is a weeklong festival focused on improvisation that will occur for the first time ever on January 10th-16th.

Is improvisation an obscure niche? Or is it a practice that trickles, gushes, and spills in all directions, saturating the work of performance artists of various aesthetics, generations, mediums, schools of thought, and career paths?
Falls Bridge festival, directed by improvisers and movement educators Curt Haworth and Nicole Bindler, will delve into these questions by offering classes and performances to the community.

Falls Bridge is partially supported by Philly PARD, a maturing organization dedicated to the creation and implementation of affordable programs that nurture and initiate discourse and experimentation in dance and movement-based art forms. It is also supported by The University of the Arts and Mascher Space Coop, an artist-run, non-profit home for new dance in Kensington.

Classes with K.J. Holmes, a New York-based dance artist who has been exploring improvisation as process and performance since 1981, will be held at The University of the Arts for free. Classes serve UArts students, the Philadelphia dance community, and beyond and are already at full enrollment. K.J.’s workshop will include training in contact, improvisational and experiential practices and performance that will culminate in a student showing open to the public.

In addition, performances at Mascher Space will be an opportunity for the public to experience the work of K.J. Holmes and Philly’s multifaceted improv. community. Falls Bridge performers run the gamut, and the juxtaposition of each artists’ work against that of his or her peers will make these mixed-bill programs infinitely more rich and intriguing. The lineup is as follows:

January 15th: Gene Coleman, Nicole Bindler, Marion Ramirez, Jung Woon Kim, Chris Aiken, Angie Hauser, Nick Millevoi, Eun Jung Choi, and K.J. Holmes

January 16th: Bonnie Lander, Annie Wilson, Adam Berzins, Megan Bridge, Peter Price <fidget>, Nicole Bindler, Gabrielle Revlock, Curt Haworth, and Travis Woodson

Falls Bridge Performances
Saturday, January 15th, 8pm
Sunday, January 16th, 2pm
$12/10 students and seniors
Tickets can be purchased at the door
Mascher Space Co-op, 155 Cecil B. Moore Ave., 2B, Philadelphia, Pa. 19122
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