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Find Out Which Acts Made The Cut on WORLD OF DANCE

By: Aug. 23, 2018
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Last night, three "Upper" acts and three "Junior Teams" advanced past 'The Cut' on NBC's "World of Dance" Season 2. Find out if your favorites made it through!

Advancing Acts:

THE ROCK COMPANY

Division: Junior Team
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Style: Contemporary
Members: 12
Ages: 10-16
Song: Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah"

The Rock Company is the youth dance company from The Rock Center for Dance in Las Vegas. With their dance home not far from Mandalay Bay, The Rock Company has come to "World of Dance" to send a positive message of resilience, happiness, strength and love for their city and country as they recover from the recent tragedy.

Fabulous Sisters

Division: Junior Team
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan

Style: Urban Dance

Members: 13

Ages: 11-17

Song: Sam Sparro's "Black and Gold"

The Fabulous Sisters is a Fusion dance group from Tokyo, Japan. They placed first at the 2017 WORLD OF DANCE finals in the youth division, for the second year in a row and are now ready to make their mark on the "World of Dance" stage in LA!

The Lab

Division: Junior
Hometown: West Covina, CA

Style: Hip-Hop

Members: 15

Ages: 8-16

Song: MAJOR LAZER and Justin Bieber's "Cold Water"

Season 1's highest-scoring Junior Team is back and even bigger after a whirlwind of a year and a brush with stardom! The Lab has added five new members so they can be more dynamic, and add bigger blowups, better tricks, and incredible stunts.

ASHLEY & ZACK

Division: Upper
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Style: Contemporary
Members: 2
Ages: 24 & 26

Song: Coldplay's "Fix You"

After dancing side-by-side with Derek Hough on the MOVE tour, this duo wants to surprise "World of Dance" with their sexiest dance moves yet. Knowing they have to go big, they're preparing to wow the judges with steamy routines full of lifts, spins, and passionate embraces.

Karen y Ricardo

Division: Upper
Hometown: Santiago, Chile

Style: Latin Cabaret

Members: 2

Ages: 23 & 24

Song: Marc Anthony's "Caminare"

This real-life couple has danced the streets of Chile for six years and fought their way to the top. They are the only couple in the world to win nine world titles, and Karen's spectacular ability to do more than 36 spins is what makes this duo stand out from the rest.

Michael Dameski

Division: Upper
Hometown: Sydney, Australia // Los Angeles, CA

Style: Contemporary

Solo

Age: 22

Song: Sam Smith's "Lay Me Down"

Michael's career hit a high in 2008 when he starred as Billy in the musical "Billy Elliot" on Broadway, and he later went on to win "So You Think You Can Dance" in Australia. He's hoping "World of Dance" will be his next big break. When he was six years old, he entered his first dance competition "The 2001 Australian Dance Idol" Program, and without any formal dance training, placed in the top ten.

NBC's hit dance competition series "World of Dance" is led by a judging team of extraordinary dance superstars - Jennifer LOPEZ (who also serves as an executive producer), Derek Hough, NE-YO and host/mentor Jenna Dewan.

The 16-episode series from Universal Television Alternative Studio and Nuyorican Productions will give dancers the platform to showcase their talents and the opportunity to receive a life-altering grand prize of $1 million.

In partnership with preeminent global dance brand World of Dance, the series brings the world's elite dancers together to compete in epic battles of artistry, precision and athleticism. Solo dancers will compete against duos and crews in an unlimited range of dance, including hip-hop, popping, locking, tap, ballet, break dancing, ballroom, stomping and more.



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