by Catherine L. Tully
You may have noticed by now that Nichelle from Dance Advantage and I are helping to promote Ovation TV’s show, A Chance To Dance. What you may not know is that we are also giving away free swag and holding a contest for dance bloggers. Interested? Here’s the rundown on how to get involved:
1. Trivia Swag Giveaway – win some swag by answering the weekly trivia question on Twitter (search #actdtrivia and check the date).
Look for our trivia question starting today by searching #actdtrivia on Twitter! We’ll be doing a different giveaway each week based on the upcoming episode, so this week it will be for Friday’s episode at 10 pm ET.
2. Dance Blogger Contest – Yes–we’ve extended this fun contest to give more people the chance to answer! Enter to win a $25 gift card. Watch the upcoming episode and write a blog post about it. (Details here.) We’ll choose a random winner from the entries and promote your answer on our social media accounts–think publicity!
If you haven’t yet seen the show, I’ve included a bit of video below for you, along with a blurb about the overall idea. In terms of tuning in for the next episode, there are 3 ways to watch:
1. Got Ovation? Watch it on TV.
2) Also available On Demand as part of your paid TV subscription.
3) Watch on Facebook. Rent it Now!
About A Chance To Dance:
A Chance To Dance is an original Ovation TV series by the creators of SYTYCD. It follows Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt, two of the UK’s most prominent contemporary dancers and choreographers, in their quest to create a new dance company for Nigel Lythgoe in just 28 days.
They have auditioned dancers from dance schools in Washington D.C.; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Austin, TX. The competition and the pressure have become intense as the final group heads to the dance mecca of Jacob’s Pillow, MA, where they must eliminate half the dancers and form a company for the grand finale: an original performance in New York. A Chance To Dance airs Fridays at 10PM ET/7PM PT on Ovation.
Here’s a quick peek at the last episode to catch you up, and a preview of the next:
Preview:
Even though I have a strong ballet background, Shepherd is my favorite character on this show. He was chosen because he had some stylin’ hip hop moves and because he showed commitment by getting time off from work to get to the audition. I just think he seems like a cool guy that is really passionate about dance. After all, in the last episode, he took a ballet class and simply struggled with it the entire time. I can’t imagine what that must have felt like–but it couldn’t have been good…he’s got guts!
This show is really one of the better ones out there in terms of dance–and I’m not just saying that because I’m helping to promote it. I really think it is well-crafted, and it raises some interesting points about having ballet as a foundation for dance in general. I’d like to toss that question out to readers…
Do you think it is necessary (or at least, preferable) to have a ballet background if you want to be a dancer?
I really do. But I’m also going to pull hard for Shepherd in this next episode! After all, everybody deserves a break in life…right?
A chance…to dance.
Disclosure-4dancers receives compensation from Ovation TV for promotion of A Chance to Dance.
Great post. Thanks for sharing. There is so many different dance techniques. you don’t need ballet background to consider yourself as a dancer.
Thanks for chiming in! I totally agree that you don’t need a ballet background to consider yourself a dancer. Even so, I do think that if you want to dance in a professional capacity in the mainstream dance world, having a ballet foundation can be very helpful! Just my opinion though!