Former Giant and Mirror Ball Champ Rashad Jennings to Join DANCING WITH THE STARS Tour at MPAC

"Dancing with the Stars" Season 24 winner and NFL running back RASHAD JENNINGS will join his partner, EMMA SLATER, this summer in "Dancing with the Stars: Live! - Hot Summer Nights." Dancing with the Stars, TV's hottest dance show, returns to Mayo Performing Arts Center for two performances, Sunday-Monday, June 18-19 at 8 pm. Tickets are $59-$119.

Fans of the show have the opportunity to see the best ballroom dancers in the business perform live in their hometowns with newly added Mirrorball champion RASHAD JENNINGS, who most recently played with the New York Giants. This all-new production showcases every type of ballroom and modern dance seen on ABC's hit show produced by BBC Worldwide Productions, "Dancing with the Stars," including sizzling group numbers, steamy duets and over the top original pieces choreographed and creative directed by four-time Emmy© nominated choreographer MAndy Moore. "Dancing with the Stars: Live! - Hot Summer Nights" travels to 43 cities this summer, kicking off on June 16th in Atlantic City, NJ and running through August 13th, 2017, including fan-demanded new cities and theatres the tour has not reached in years.

Captivating audiences across the country, "Dancing with the Stars: Live! - Hot Summer Nights" also features the hottest cast in dance, including Lindsay Arnold, Sharna Burgess, Artem Chigvintsev, Sasha Farber, KEO MOTSEPE, GLEB SAVCHENKO, EMMA SLATER, Alan Bersten, Hayley Erbert and Britt Stewart *. Audiences will have the opportunity to experience the professional dancing, exquisite costumes and excitement they see in the ballroom every Monday night live in theaters across America.

"I am super excited to be heading on tour with Dancing with the Stars Live. While the NFL is my #1 priority, I can think of no better way to stay in shape, combined with my intensive football training, until that team calls," said Jennings.

"Dancing with the Stars: Live! - Hot Summer Nights" is produced by Faculty Productions in association with BBC Worldwide.

For more information, go to http://www.dwtstour.com/.

Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2016-2017 season is made possible, in part, by a grant the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, F.M. Kirby Foundation and numerous corporations, foundations and individuals. The Mayo Performing Arts Center has been designated a Major Presenting Organization by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Mayo Performing Arts Center has been named 2016 Outstanding Historic Theatre by the League of Historic American Theatres.

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