April 26, 2010

'So You Think You Can Dance' Announces 12 All-Star Dancers

Last month Fox announced that there would be big changes to the new season of So You Think You Can Dance. The show will utilize past dancers or "all-stars" as partners to the new contestants. Each all-star will represent one style of dance, and the new contestants will be partnered with a different all-star one each week.


Executive producer and judge Nigel Lythgoe has been leaking the names of the all-stars over the last few weeks, but SYTYCD has officially announced the 12 former contestants who will debut when season 7 of the show premieres. Here is some info on the all-stars and the styles they will be representing on the show.













Neil Haskell

Representing: Jazz / Contemporary / Broadway / Disco / Cultural

Appeared: Season 3 (Top 3)

Memorable Routine: “Are You The One,” a Contemporary number choreographed by Mia Michaels and performed with Danny Tidwell

Mark Kanemura

Representing: Jazz / Contemporary / Broadway / Cultural

Appeared: Season 4 (Top 6)

Memorable Routine: “Beautiful,” a Contemporary number choreographed by Mia Michaels and performed with Chelsie Hightower

Lauren Gottlieb

Representing: Jazz / Hip Hop / Contemporary / Broadway

Appeared: Season 3 (Top 6)

Memorable Routine: “Night of the Dancing Flame,” a Jazz number choreographed by Wade Robson and performed with Neil Haskell

Kathryn McCormick

Representing: Jazz / Contemporary / Broadway / Cultural

Appeared: Season 6 (Top 3)

Memorable Routine: “At This Moment,” a Contemporary number choreographed by Desmond Richardson and Dwight Rhoden and performed with Jakob Karr

Stephen “tWitch” Boss

Representing: Hip Hop / Popping / Locking / Krump

Appeared: Season 4 (runner-up)

Memorable Routine: “Forever,” a Hip Hop number choreographed by Dave Scott and performed with Comfort Fedoke

Pasha Kovalev

Representing: Ballroom Standard / Ballroom Latin

Appeared: Season 3 (Top 6)

Memorable Routine: “Let’s Get Loud,” a Cha Cha choreographed by Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin and performed with Jessie Peralta

Dominic “D-trix” Sandoval

Representing: Hip Hop / Breaking

Appeared: Season 3 (Top 8)

Memorable Routine: “Make It Work,” a Hip Hop number choreographed by Shane Sparks and performed with Sabra Johnson

Courtney Galiano

Representing: Jazz / Broadway / Cultural / Disco / Contemporary

Appeared: Season 4 (Top 4)

Memorable Routine: “The Garden,” a Jazz number choreographed by Sonya Tayeh and performed with Mark Kanemura

Comfort Fedoke

Representing: Hip Hop / Krump / Popping / Locking

Appeared: Season 4 (Top 8)

Memorable Routine: “Party People,” a Hip Hop number choreographed by Tabitha and Napoleon Dumo and performed with Mark Kanemura

Anya Garnis

Representing: Ballroom Standard / Ballroom Latin

Appeared: Season 3 (Top 12)

Memorable Routine: “Girlfriend,” a Jive choreographed by Tony Meredith and performed with Danny Tidwell

Allison Holker

Representing: Jazz / Contemporary / Broadway / Disco / Cultural

Appeared: Season 2 (Top 8)

Memorable Routine: “Why,” a Contemporary number choreographed by Tyce Diorio and performed with Ivan Koumaev

Ade Obayomi

Representing: Contemporary / Jazz / Cultural / Broadway

Appeared: Season 5 (Top 6)

Memorable Routine: “This Woman’s Work,” a Contemporary number choreographed by Tyce Diorio and performed with Melissa Sandvig

Which all-star dancer are you most excited to see back on the show? Which dancer do you wish was returning?

So You Think You Can Dance season 7 premieres on Thursday May 27, 2010 at 8pm on Fox.