BURN THE FLOOR National Tour Welcomes SYTYCD Winners & Finalists

The producers of BURN THE FLOOR have announced that Robbie Kmetoni, Ashleigh Di Lello & Ryan Di Lello, Karen Hauer, and Janette Manrara will appear as featured dancers during the 2010-11 US tour of the Broadway smash hit. All five have been seen on TV's "So You Think You Can Dance," in the US (Ashleigh & Ryan Di Lello, Karen Hauer and Janette Manrara) and Australia (Robbie Kmetoni).

The tour kicks off in Portland, OR in September 2010. Karen Hauer and Robbie Kmetoni will appear with the show for the entire tour. Ashleigh and Ryan Di Lello will appear through January 2011 and Janette Manrara will appear in cities through the end of November 2010. Additional casting will be announced at a later date. (A complete tour route is included at the end of this release)

Years before Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance turned ballroom dancing into must-see TV, one sizzling show was setting stages ablaze around the globe. BURN THE FLOOR, the electrifying Latin and Ballroom dance spectacular that has thrilled audiences in more than 30 countries, recently played in a record-breaking run on Broadway, garnering critical and popular acclaim, and extending its run twice. This fall, the new Broadway production of BURN THE FLOOR embarks on a 40-week tour of the U.S.

ROBBIE KMETONI, an 18-year-old dancer from Sydney, Australia, wowed judges and audiences alike on the third season of SYTYCD (Australia), taking top honors as the overall winner. As his prize, he elected to join the tour of BURN THE FLOOR. Kmetoni will make his professional theatrical debut this summer when the tour plays in London at the Shaftesbury Theatre.

ASHLEIGH DI LELLO has performed and taught in 19 different countries and has most recently made it all the way to the 2009 finale on TV's "SYTYCD" with her husband, Ryan. She was a DanceSport Junior Latin Champion and a United States Junior American Latin Finalist by the age of 12. A year later she became sick with a life-threatening illness that she would battle for many years. When Di Lello returned to ballroom dancing, she became a three-time DanceSport Amateur Latin Champion and a United States Amateur Latin Finalist.

RYAN DI LELLO has enjoyed teaching and dancing in professional shows throughout the world with his wife and dance partner, Ashleigh. They auditioned together for the 2009 season of "SYTYCD," where they were not only the first married couple to be selected for the show, but went all the way to the finale. He began dancing at age four and began ballroom at age nine. Di Lello was a two-time amateur Latin runner-up and the Youth American Champion.

KAREN HAUER was a top finalist in the 2009 season of "SYTYCD," and was named the 2008 World Mambo Champion. Born in Venezuela, she moved to New York City and began to dance when she was eight. She attended LaGuardia HS of the Performing Arts.

JANETTE MANRARA is a Cuban salsa dancer from Miami, FL. She was one of four finalists on season five of SYTYCD (USA) and was actually Nigel Lythgoe's "favorite" to win. Manrara will be partnered with Kmetoni for the London engagement, before the US tour begins in September.

CURRENT 2010-11 BURN THE FLOOR U.S. TOUR
September 7-12 Portland, OR Keller Auditorium
September 14-19 Seattle, OR Paramount Theatre
September 21-26 San Jose, CA San Jose CPA
September 29-October 10 Sacramento, CA Community Center Theater
October 12-17 San Diego, CA Civic Theater
October 27-28 College Station, TX Rudder Auditorium
October 29-30 Galveston, TX Grand Opera House
October 31 Orange, TX Lutcher Theatre
November 2-7 Louisville, KY KY Center for the Arts
November 9-10 Williamsport, PA Community Arts Center
November 12-14 Philadelphia, PA Academy of Music
November 16-28 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Broward Center
November 30- December 5 Raleigh, NC Memorial Auditorium
December 14-19 Houston, TX Sarofim Hall
December 28-January 2 Pittsburgh, PA Hienz Hall
January 4-9 Oklahoma City, OK Civic Center Music Hall
January 11-16 Tulsa, OK Tulsa PAC
January 18-30 Cincinnati, OH Aronoff Center
February 1-13 Chicago, IL Bank of America Theater
February 15-20 Norfolk, VA Chrysler Hall
February 22-March 6 Detroit, MI Fisher Theater
March 8-13 Boston, MA Colonial Theater
March 15-20 Ft. Myers, FL Barbara B. Mann PAC
March 22-27 Atlanta, FA Fox Theater
March 29 Fayetteville, NC Crown Theater
April 1-3 Huntsville, AL Von Braun Center
April 5-17 Dallas, TX Music Hall
April 19-24 Tucson, AZ Music Hall
April 26-May 8 Los Angeles, CA Pantages Theater
May 17-18 Modesto, CA Gallo Arts Center
May 20-22 Riverside, CA Fox PAC
May 31-June 12 Costa Mesa, CA Orange County PAC

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