"So You Think You Can Dance" will once again be travelling across the country to find amazing dance talent on the way to crowning one person "America's Favorite Dancer" for the ninth time.
Dancers who excel in the first round of auditions will be given a ticket to Las Vegas for the intense week of callbacks and specialty choreography. If the judges are on the fence about a dancer, or not sure of how he or she will adapt to the competition, they can ask the dancer to stay for choreography. In this intermediate round, the dancers learn choreography with a partner and the judges will determine from there who goes on to Las Vegas and who goes home.
The Top 20 dancers are chosen from the remaining competitors in Las Vegas, and those dancers will compete on the television show for the title of America's Favorite Dancer.
SYTYCD Season 9 Audition Cities
The following venues will host SYTYCD auditions:
Atlanta, GA
Thursday, January 5, 2012
The Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree Street NE
Dallas, TX
Friday, January 13, 2012
McFarlin Memorial Auditorium, 6405 Boaz Lane
New York, NY
Monday, January 23, 2012
Manhattan Center, 311 W. 34th Street
Salt Lake City, UT
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Capitol Theatre, 50 West 200 South
Los Angeles, CA
Friday, March 2, 2012
Orpheum Theatre, 842 S. Broadway
SYTYCD Season 9 Audition Details
At each location, registration will open at 8:00am on the date listed above. Dancers should plan to stay for at least two days after the initial audition, in case they are needed for callbacks.
Auditioners must be US citizens, legal permanent residents of the US, or possess current legal Employment Authorization Cards enabling them to seek employment in the US without restriction. Dancers must be no younger than 18 or older than 30 years of age on the audition registration date. Any dancer who is 18 or over but still a minor in their state of residence must also have a parent or legal guardian sign all required documents. All dancers must provide legal, valid proof of age when registering. For full eligibility requirements, please see the SYTYCD website.
SYTYCD Season 9 Important Audition Forms
All dancers should plan to complete and bring the following forms with them to the audition, to speed up the registration process:
For dance studio owners or dance teachers, there is an audition flyer available on the SYTYCD website for printing. If any students are interested in attending the auditions, this is a good way to provide them with the information they need.
Related Dance Audition Information
For more general information on preparing for and attending a dance audition, please review the following articles on Suite101.com:
Preparing for a Dance Audition
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