BURN THE FLOOR is coming to Segerstrom Center for the Arts May 31 - June 12, direct from Broadway. The Orange County cast will feature ANYA GARNIS and PASHA KOVALEV of TV's So You Think You Can Dance. Anya and Pasha joined the tour after performing in the London production now playing at the Shaftesbury Theatre. The cast also includes So You Think You Can Dance alums Robbie Kmetoni, Janette Manrara and Karen Hauer and American Idol's Vonzell Solomon as
the show's female vocalist.
Tickets to BURN THE FLOOR start at $20 and are available online at SCFTA.org, by calling (714) 556-2787 and at the Box Office at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa. For inquiries about group ticket discounts, call the Group Services office at (714) 755-0236. The TTY number is (714) 556-2746.
Segerstrom Center applauds Wells Fargo for its generous support of the Center's 2010-2011 Broadway Series. Cox Communications is the media partner of the Broadway Series.
Due to Anya and Pasha's popularity and success on competing on So You Think You Can Dance season 3, they have been featured in the 7th season as All Star dancers, partnering up with the contestants to help them compete for the title of America's favorite dancer.
Anya has also been a guest dancer on Dancing with the Stars, Superstars of Dance and The Academy Awards. She was born in Latvia and has been a superstar of the ballroom world for more than 10 years. Born in Siberia, Russia, Pasha started dancing at age 8. Following a successful career in ballroom competition, he has appeared on many TV shows including, So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing with the Stars and Superstars of Dance. Anya and Pasha have also choreographed for the U.S. and Australian versions of So You Think You Can Dance.
Robbie was the 2010 winner of Australia's So You Think You Can Dance and Janette and Karen were Top 10 Finalists on the U.S. show. Vonzell was American Idol's second runner-up in the 4th season Years before Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance turned ballroom dancing into must-see TV, BURN THE FLOOR was blazing a new dance trail and igniting stages around the globe. In BURN THE FLOOR, Ballroom Dance is totally reinvented. All the dance styles are refreshed and reinvigorated and leave audiences grinning with delight and screaming for more. You will feel, live on stage, all the passion, drama and sizzling excitement of 20 gorgeous world champion dancers in a true theatrical experience, a performance with grace and athleticism that The New York Times calls, "Dazzling!" and The Times (London) calls "...the hottest ticket."
BURN THE FLOOR is directed and choreographed by Jason Gilkison.
For more information, please visit www.burnthefloor.com
