America’s favourite summer dance series, Emmy Award-winning So You Think You Can Dance, hits the road for its Season 11 tour
Top 10 to perform in more than 70 markets across North America
FRIDAY, OCT. 24
CANADIAN TIRE CENTRE – OTTAWA
Doors: 7 p.m. Showtime: 8 p.m.
Tickets on sale Friday, Aug. 15, at 10 a.m.
Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.CapitalTickets.ca, by phone at 613-599-FANS (3267) or 1-877-788-FANS (3267); in person at each of the 10 participating Canadian Tire stores in Ottawa as well as the store in Perth, The Sens Store at Carlingwood Mall and Place d’Orléans, any Ottawa Sports Experts location, Les Galeries de Hull, Ottawa Festivals and at the Canadian Tire Centre box office.
Tickets are $59.50, $69.50 and $74.50; reserved seating (plus CRF and service charges). So You Think You Can Dance, in conjunction with Dennis Ruffo Productions, will be donating $1 from each ticket sold to the Ottawa Citizen’s Literacy Foundation.
So You Think You Can Dance, the 11-time Primetime Emmy® Award-winning show that sparked North America’s fascination with dance, is set to captivate audiences again this fall – live on tour – with more stops than ever before. Celebrating its momentous 11th season, So You Think You Can Dance’s Top 10 finalists will make their way across North America, performing in more than 70 cities, as part of the So You Think You Can Dance Tour 2014. The Season 11 tour will include the following Top 10 finalists: Bridget Whitman, Casey Askew, Emilio Dosal, Jacque LeWarne, Jessica Richens, Ricky Ubeda, Rudy Abreu, Tanisha Belnap, Valerie Rockey and Zack Everhart. So You Think You Can Dance airs Wednesdays (8 p.m.-10 p.m. ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX/CTV.
The tour will kick-off on Wednesday, Oct. 1, at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans and will visit more than 70 cities across the United States and Canada. The Top 10 will perform at Ottawa’s Canadian Tire Centre on Friday, Oct. 24. To view the complete tour schedule, please visit fox.com/dance. Tickets go on sale on Friday, Aug. 15, at 10 a.m.; however, fans can sign up for the FOX.com Newsletter to find out how they can get early access to tickets.
Fall’s hottest ticket will feature this season’s most popular routines, as well as original pieces created specifically for the nationwide tour. 19 Entertainment and dick clark productions will present audiences around the country with the opportunity to experience the action brought into their living rooms each week on the beloved summer series, with a variety of sizzling, one-of-a-kind dance routines they have come to expect from their favourite dancers.
So You Think You Can Dance recently received seven 2014 Primetime Emmy® Award nominations, including Outstanding Reality-Competition Program and Outstanding Host in a Reality or Reality-Competition Program (Cat Deeley), in addition to Outstanding Choreography nominations. The show’s outstanding costume team of Marina Toybina and Grainne O’Sullivan also won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Variety Program.
“I am thrilled with the spectacular, fresh talent we have discovered this season. I believe these dancers have inspired the choreographers to create remarkable dance numbers each week. I am excited for your favourite dancers to bring their inspiration and routines to even more cities throughout the nation on this year’s tour,” stated Nigel Lythgoe, judge, executive producer and co-creator of the hit FOX series.
About So You Think You Can Dance
So You Think You Can Dance was created by Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe in partnership with 19 Entertainment, a division of CORE Media Group, and dick clark productions. The series is executive-produced by Fuller, Lythgoe, Allen Shapiro (CEO of dick clark productions), Barry Adelman (executive vice-president of dick clark productions), James Breen and Jeff Thacker. Visit the official So You Think You Can Dance website at www.fox.com/dance to view exclusive videos, photos and contestant profiles. “Like” So You Think You Can Dance on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SoYouThinkYouCanDance. Follow the series on Twitter (@DANCEonFOX) and join the discussion using the hashtag #SYTYCD. Follow host Cat Deeley (@catdeeley) and judges Nigel Lythgoe (@dizzyfeet) and Mary Murphy (@hottamaletrain).
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