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o You Think You Can Dance producer Nigel Lythgoe, host Cat
Deeley and dancer Stephen "tWitch" Boss were among a group
of top industry professionals who took part in an all-day dancers
forum in Los Angeles on July 25 to advise, enlighten and discuss
changes in the field of dance.
Dancers Forum, The Evolving World of Dance: Stepping into
Hope and Change, a partnership between Career Transition For
Dancers, SAG-AFTRA and the Screen Actors Guild Foundation,
included an agents forum and interactive workshops and panels
on exploration of the future of dance, the changes that have taken
place in the field, and what dancers can do to prepare themselves
for changes within their evolving careers and the future of the
industry.
In culmination of the day's programming, Deeley led a
conversation with Lythgoe, followed by a panel discussion
to celebrate, inspire and inform dancers with Boss (So You
Think You Can Dance, Step Up Revolution), Dayna Hasson
of Answers4Dancers, Kym Johnson (Dancing with the Stars),
McDonald Selznick Associates agent Julie McDonald and director
Adam Shankman (Rock of Ages, Hairspray), led by moderator and
author Larry Billman (Film Choreographers and Dance Directors
encyclopedia). Lythgoe advised dancers on the future of the art,
saying, "Be clever. Be creative. Dance helps you be creative and it
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Television host Cat Deeley enjoys a laugh with producer Nigel Lythgoe
at a dancers forum in Los Angeles on July 25.
makes you a better person. If you feel good inside from dancing,
you're going to respect people more, you're going to look after your
community, you're going to feel as though you can be relied on. To
get society to come together in all different forms: Dance can do
that; it builds bridges."
To watch the video, visit sagfoundation.org/videogallery/
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