BURN THE FLOOR Sends Dancer To Work With Local Teens At Dance This 6/19

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) in partnership with Broadway Across America (BAA) is proud to announce a new piece added to the DANCE This line up, choreographed by BURN THE FLOOR dancer Giselle Peacock. The work will mark the first time a Broadway show has contributed to DANCE This.

DANCE This is an annual youth training and performance program produced by STG. The performance brings together teen performers from diverse communities for collaboration and to share their culture through the art of dance.

Peacock will choreograph and rehearse auditioned teen ballroom dancers for one day as she stages a piece for DANCE This. Peacock is a ballroom dancer in Broadway's BURN THE FLOOR and made appearances in FOX's So You Think You Can Dance, ABC's Dancing with the Stars and NBC's Superstars of Dance. Local ballroom instructor Vanessa Villalobos (featured in the documentary Mad Hot Ballroom) will act as rehearsal director and continue mentoring the young dances to bring the dance to performance quality.

"We are ecstatic to welcome Giselle Peacock to DANCE This 2010," said Vicky Lee, STG's Director of Education and Community Programs. "Her work will round out the program already brimming with top notch guest artists and choreographers. This year's program is one not to miss."

Other highlighted professional artists include Napoleon and Tabitha D'Umo (judges and choreographers from FOX's So You Think You Can Dance), Donald Byrd (Artistic Director of Spectrum Dance Theatre in Seattle and Tony nominated choreographer of Broadway's THE COLOR PURPLE), Amy O'Neal (Artistic Director, choreographer and performer in local groups locust and amyo/tinyrage), and Massive Monkees (award winning breakdancing group).

AUDITION INFORMATION
WHAT: Seeking advance ballroom dancers, ages 12-22. Selected dancers will rehearse intensively June 26-27 and perform in DANCE This on July 9-10,2010.

WHEN: Saturday, June 19
5:30pm - 7:20pm (sign in at 5pm)

WHERE: Pacific Ballroom Dance in Auburn
1604 15th Street SW Auburn, WA 981001

REGISTRATION: Registration is required to audition, please send name, age, dance experience, email and phone to LizY@STGpresents.org or call (206) 315-8099.

About BURN THE FLOOR
The international dance sensation BURN THE FLOOR visits The Paramount Theatre on September 14 -19, 2010, direct from its record-breaking run on Broadway! You've seen Ballroom dance on shows like Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance. Now, with BURN THE FLOOR, you will feel, live on stage, all the passion, the drama and the sizzling excitement of 20 gorgeous champion dancers, in a true theatrical experience, a performance with a grace and athleticism that The New York Times calls, "Dazzling!"

From Harlem's hot nights at The Savoy, where dances such as the Lindy, Foxtrot and Charleston were born, to the Latin Quarter where the Cha-Cha, Rumba and Salsa steamed up the stage, BURN THE FLOOR takes audiences on a journey through the passionate drama of dance.

BURN THE FLOOR - it's Ballroom. Reinvented.
About STG
STG is the 501 (c)(3) non-profit arts organization that operates the historic Paramount and Moore Theatres in Seattle, Washington. Our mission is to make diverse performing arts and education an integral part of our region's cultural identity while keeping these two landmark venues alive and vibrant. STG presents a range of performances from Broadway, off-Broadway, dance and jazz to comedy, concerts of all genres, speakers and family shows - at both historic theatres in Seattle and venues throughout the Puget Sound and Portland, Oregon.

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