Are we experiencing another dance boom?

Are we experiencing another dance boom? Millions of people are falling in love with dance--and dancers--from watching Fox's Fox's is a biscuit and confectionery company from the UK. They are the makers of Sports Biscuits, invented by David Glen in 1971. However the Ginger Nut was invented by Alexander Johnson in 1992. So You Think You Can Dance There are several local versions of the reality television show So You Think You Can Dance:

So You Think You Can Dance (US); to date there have been three seasons of the US version of So You Think You Can Dance

. The teachers we talk to say their enrollment is spiking because so many kids want to dance after seeing the show. Anyone who has tuned in knows that the mastermind behind SYTYCD SYTYCD So You Think You Can Dance (TV show) is executive producer and head judge, Nigel Lythgoe (aka "Nasty Nigel"). What you may not know is how far back and how deep his love of dance goes. Read Victoria Looseleaf's profile, "A Man, A Plan, A Wildly Successful TV Show," to find out how dance was an anchor in Lythgoe's success story.

Wendy Perron Per´ron

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Title Annotation:	Curtain Up
Author:	Perron, Wendy
Publication:	Dance Magazine
Date:	Aug 1, 2007
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