Burn the Floor at Shanghai Grand Theatre - Lyric Theatre

"Burn the Floor "began with a spectacular ballroom dance demonstration at Elton John’s 50th birthday party in 1997. Australian producer Harley Medcalf from DUTE attended this party and was mesmerized. In 1998, Burn the Floor stormed their way onto stages around the world and had toured more than 30 countries,160 cities, 1500 shows, and sold over 3 million tickets. wherever they arrived, the tickets boxes were sold out. "Burn the Floor "became the biggest touring dance show in the world and has since performed in such prestigious venues as the Royal Albert Hall in London, Radio City Music Hall in New York and the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Their stunning performance has made them an overnight sensation and earned them rave reviews. Burn the Floor brings to life all styles of dance on stage including the samba, salsa, the elegance of the waltz, the rumba, tango, and the dynamic energy of swing and jive.

In 2011, Burn the floor made more than 100 shows in Post streets theatre in San Francisco for 10 weeks and then Burn the Floor went to New York as the opening show of Broadway, wherever they arrived, the tickets boxes were sold out, and the audiences were crazy!

In 2012 china tour, the show will be staged by 18 top-class champion dancers from world dance competition, dancers have between them won 136 world championship competitions. They are chose from Broadway for this China Tour by Jason Gilkison and Peta Ruby, the choreographers of Burn the Floor, who are undefeated champions from 1981 – 1997.Jason Gilkison and Peta Ruby create the new program about the ballroom dance history to make more Chinese audiences know the development of the Ballroom dance.