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Valentine’s Day star Anne Hathaway has said the cast of the rom-com should have a dance-off with the stars of Twilight.
This spot was choreographed by XCEL TALENT AGENCY choreographers Stephen Jones, Bubba Carr, Jamie Lane and Quincy Lamar.

Even though Dancing With the Stars pro Karina Smirnoff just returned from a trip to Turks and Caicos with St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Brad Penny, she is hot to trot with John Stamos for the new season of the show, which begins March 22.
“I have a wish to dance with John Stamos,” Smirnoff told PEOPLE Thursday at the opening of Haimov Jewelers in Miami. “I wanted him to be my celebrity partner. He finished Bye Bye Birdie on Broadway and he has had enough time to rest.” More…

Channing Tatum makes an appearance on the Ellen Degeneres show today. While he’s there he decides to admit that he used to be a stripper.
He then proceeds to give her a lapdance!
She says she would have had a dollar to give him so that he could have kept going. He told not to worry about it because this dance was on the house! More…
Swagger Crew says they were appalled at the absence of zero dance crews from Atlanta on all of the past seasons of America’s Best Dance Crew. They say if you’re tired of trendy club dancing you need to check them out because they’ve got some serious swag!
Access Atlanta says they bring a “combination of southern cockiness, fast footwork and determination to ABDC”.
Jason Croom of Swagger Crew says that their group was formed in 2007 and it consists of five guys and one girl. They all started out at Gotta Dance Studio off of Howell Mill Road in Atlanta. He says,“Dancing is deemed more accepted. It’s really a blessing. Even before this show, we get calls to do a Sweet 16 party or a corporate function. Before, we didn’t have this avenue.”
He says the group tried out three times before the show allowed them to compete. (A.A.)
Lil Mama tells us exactly what they are looking for this season!
ATLANTA — Over 900 cheerleading and dance teams gathered in Downtown Atlanta this weekend to compete to be the best in the nation.
CheerSport’s 2010 National Cheerleading and Dance Championship took over the Georgia World Congress Center
11Alive’s Stephen Boissy was there to capture some of the action. Click on the video on the side to watch.
You can find out more about CheerSport by visiting the CheerSport website.
Fernandes, a dancer turned choreographer, has worked on numerous Hindi films and the top dance reality television show “Jhalak Dikhla Ja.” He received The Best Choreographer Award at The 2009 Filmfare Awards for his work in the movie Papu Can’t Dance. His contributions to the Indian dance industry have earned him a spot as one of India’s top choreographers and helped him to land the role as choreographer for Slumdog. Fernandes was personally selected by the film’s director, Danny Boyle. “Amar Butala, who I had earlier worked with, recommended me to Danny. I went prepared but all Danny saw was one of my previous works, and I was on,” Fernandes said.
Slumdog Millionaire, the rags-to-riches story of an orphan from Mumbai, features two works from the choreographer. Fernandes was thrilled to be given the opportunity to choreograph to “O Saaya” and “Jai Ho,” both by the acclaimed Indian composer A.R. Rahman. “Jai Ho,” which plays during the final credits of the film, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The film also won Oscars for Best Director, Best Original Score, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Longinus latest work include choreographing Top 18 for So You Think You Can Dance Canada, Bollywood Hero with Kris Kattan, and the movie Eat, Pray and Love with Julia Roberts. He is at the moment in Miami working on the 2010 Orange Bowl Convention with some of the best choreographers in the industry.
Fernandes is represented by Xcel Talent Agency in Atlanta, GA.
Longinus Fernandes Choreography Reel
So You Think You Can Dance Canada
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