Chelsie Hightower News

Dancing Pros: Live!is thrilled to announce its 2014-2015 national tour. Hosted by Alan Thicke, star of the hit TV show 'Growing Pains,' and featuring Karina Smirnoff, Edyta Sliwinska and Chelsie Hightower from 'Dancing with the Stars,'and Benji Schwimmer and Ryan Di Lello, from 'So You Think You Can Dance,' the best dancers from around the world will thrill and dazzle audiences coast to coast!

The world's finest dancers will battle it out live and the audience will choose the winner when Dancing Pros Live! comes to the Mayo Performing Arts Center on Friday, November 21, 2014 at 8 pm. Tickets are $39-79.

Broadway In Chicago has announced WGN-TV anchor, Dina Bair, as a celebrity guest judge for Dancing Pros: Live! which will have its tour launch at the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 West Randolph) on Saturday, November 1 and Sunday, November 2, 2014. Hosted by Alan Thicke, star of the hit TV show "Growing Pains," and featuring Edyta Sliwinska and Chelsie Hightower from "Dancing with the Stars," and Ryan Di Lello, from "So You Think You Can Dance," the best dancers from around the world will thrill and dazzle audiences.

Dancing Pros: Live! will dance into Jacksonville's Times-Union Center's Moran Theater on Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 7:00PM! Starring Karina Smirnoff as the Head Judge, and featuring Edyta Sliwinska and Chelsie Hightower from 'Dancing with the Stars,' the best dancers from around the world will thrill and dazzle audiences coast to coast! Dancing Pros Live! is hosted by Alan Thicke, star of the hit TV show 'Growing Pains.'

East Lansing, Mich. -- Dancing Pros: Live! will dance into town and thrill audiences at Wharton Center on Saturday, November 15 at 8:00 p.m. as part of the Doctors Company Variety at Wharton Center Series. , star of the hit TV show “Growing Pains,” and featuring and from “Dancing with the Stars,” and Ryan Di Lello, from “So You Think You Can Dance,” the best dancers from around the world will thrill and dazzle audiences coast to coast!

Dancing Pros: Live!is thrilled to announce its 2014-2015 national tour. Hosted by Alan Thicke, star of the hit TV show 'Growing Pains,' and featuring Karina Smirnoff, Edyta Sliwinska and Chelsie Hightower from 'Dancing with the Stars,'and Benji Schwimmer and Ryan Di Lello, from 'So You Think You Can Dance,' the best dancers from around the world will thrill and dazzle audiences coast to coast!

Dancing Pros: Live!is thrilled to announce its 2014-2015 national tour. Hosted by Alan Thicke, star of the hit TV show 'Growing Pains,' and featuring Karina Smirnoff, Edyta Sliwinska and Chelsie Hightower from 'Dancing with the Stars,'and Benji Schwimmer and Ryan Di Lello, from 'So You Think You Can Dance,' the best dancers from around the world will thrill and dazzle audiences coast to coast!

The world's finest dancers will battle it out live when DANCING PROS: LIVE! comes to the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) stage on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at 7P and the audience will choose the winner! Edyta Sliwinska of Dancing With The Stars and Chelsie Hightower of DWTS and SYTYCD star in this unforgettable live competition show hosted by the star of the hit TV show Growing Pains, Alan Thicke. Tickets go on sale Friday, September 12, 2014 at 10A at the PPAC Box Office (220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence), online at www.ppacri.org, and by phone at (401) 421-ARTS (2787). Tickets are $75 - $25; all ticket prices include a $3 per ticket restoration charge and are subject to change without notice.

Broadway In Chicago has announced the world's finest dancers will battle it out live when DANCING PROS: LIVE! comes to the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W Randolph) on Saturday, November 1 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, November 2 at 2 p.m. and the audience will choose the winner! Edyta Sliwinska of Dancing WithThe Stars serves as the head judge and Chelsie Hightower of DWTS competes in this unforgettable live competition show hosted by Golden Globe nominee and star of the hit TV show Growing Pains, Alan Thicke.

Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at LIU Post, Long Island's leading showplace, today announced its 2014-15 season, featuring some of the most celebrated stars of comedy, music, and dance.

Mesa Arts Center today announced its 2014-2015 Performing Live Season, which begins with Lyle Lovett & His Large Band on July 24, and includes performances with Tony Bennett, MythBusters, Bill Cosby, Joshua Bell, Evil Dead the Musical, Molly Ringwald, and many more. The shows unveiled today are in addition to the six series packages announced on May 1, including Broadway on Center, Classical, Dance, Jazz, National Geographic Live, and Spoken World.

Paper Mill Playhouse presents Ballroom with a Twist 2. Get your fill of Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, and So You Think You Can Dance live onstage at Paper Mill Playhouse. Ballroom with a Twist 2--will offer two performances at the Millburn theater Saturday, May 10, at 8:00pm and Sunday, May 11, at 2:00pm. Celebrity dancers include: Chelsie Hightower, Dmitry Chaplin, Anna Trebunskaya, Gleb Savchenko, Legacy, Oksana Dymetrenko, Jonathan Platero and Randi Lynn Strong. The show will feature performances from American Idol stars Von Smith (Season 8) and Karen Rodriguez (Season 10). Ballroom with a Twist 2 is an evening of entertainment for the entire family, highlighted by stunning costumes, magnificent music and breathtaking performances.

Ballroom With A Twist, coming to the Harris Center at Folsom Lake College this weekend, is a critically acclaimed international dance production conceived and choreographed by ABC-TVs Dancing with the Stars, Emmy nominated, Louis Van Amstel. This groundbreaking show, starring Dancing with the Stars celebrity pros Dmitry Chaplin, Chelsie Hightower and Oksana Dmytrenko, together with finalists from TV's So You Think You Can Dance and American Idol singers Gina Glocksen and Von Smith, pushes the boundaries of ballroom dance, infusing it with the energy and intensity of the latest contemporary and hip-hop styles. Ballroom with a Twist is an evening of entertainment for the entire family, highlighted by stunning costumes, magnificent music and breathtaking performances.

Ballroom With A Twist, coming to the Harris Center at Folsom Lake College on the weekend of November 1-3, is a critically acclaimed international dance production conceived and choreographed by ABC-TVs Dancing with the Stars, Emmy nominated, Louis van Amstel. This groundbreaking show, starring Dancing with the Stars celebrity pros Dmitry Chaplin, Chelsie Hightower and Oksana Dmytrenko, together with finalists from TV's So You Think You Can Dance and American Idol singers Gina Glocksen and Von Smith, pushes the boundaries of ballroom dance, infusing it with the energy and intensity of the latest contemporary and hip-hop styles. Ballroom with a Twist is an evening of entertainment for the entire family, highlighted by stunning costumes, magnificent music and breathtaking performances.

The Ogunquit Playhouse, America's Foremost Summer Theatre has just announced that due to a family emergency, Olympic Gold Medalist Shawn Johnson is unable to perform in Ballroom with a Twist on stage at the Ogunquit Playhouse August 27 to August 31.

As I said in last week's recap, despite one of the most talented Top-20 in recent memory, I have been a little underwhelmed at times with this season of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE.

Last night, after America's vote was revealed on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE and following a tough deliberation, the judges - Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and guest judge Debbie Allen - sent Makenzie Dustman and Nico Greetham home at the end of the show.

For the second year in a row, the Rock the House Dance Convention is a green light - and after months of buildup and anticipation, today marks the beginning of official registration. But for chief founder and director Jeff Lapes, along with new creative directors Monique C. Borromeo and Will B. Wingfield (aka The Meta'fizikal), the convention marks a one-of-a-kind opportunity to bring the experience of dance to a new generation.

The region's premier social event just added two big doses of style, elegance and star power.

Despite the fact that head judge Len Goodman said Ingo did his best dance of the season during Monday night's Performance Show, it wasn't enough to save him from a ballroom exit on the 300th episode of ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS.