So You Think.

I recently embarked on quite the adventure.

I auditioned for So You Think You Can Dance.

I can't say I was prepared. I printed off the regulations and semi-choreographed a solo in my room the night before. My girlfriend and I left the next morning at 6 am. We walked up to the performance hall to see sleeping bags at the front of the line. I didn't think that people actually camped out!? We were in line by 6:30 and the waiting marathon began! We became good friends with the people in line with us, who little did we know would be our new family for the next few days. Camera men walked around to get their "waiting in line footage". After the kick-line, pirouettes, and multiple enthusiastic screams, the cameras shifted their focus from the dancers to Cat Deeley who was mingling with the line. (Yes she is as tall and gorgeous in real life as she is on TV.)

Now the night before, I was Skyping with my sister, and she made a comment like, "If you run into Cat tomorrow, have her give me a call." So I came up with a brilliant idea. As Cat walked past us, I simply asked if she would call my sister. And she did. Left her a voice mail. Simple as that. Yep, I am the greatest sister of all time. By 8 am, the experience was already worth the effort. We could have gone home right then and I would have been completely happy.

We all were brought into the theater and the producer sat us all down for a chat. He brought in some famous "So You Think" has-beens. They explained what all the audition would entail and attempted to be motivational, but I am pretty sure it just made everyone nervous.

I finally left the audition at 11:30 pm. With a handful of papers, saying I had to be back at 7 am the next day, wearing the same thing I a wore for 17 hours today. gross...I also ended up signing my life away in confidentiality agreements. Ok so maybe not MY LIFE away, but enough to prohibit me from telling you the details of the audition process. I was kinda pissed because I had plans of putting my blog on the map with an awesome "Tell All" of SYTYCD. So I guess my baby blog will remain a baby blog.

After getting a whole 3 hours of sleep, I headed back. Dejavu all over again. Same people. Same time. Same story.  Back in a line, but this time not with strangers. We are all family now. We survived the world's longest day and are about to embark on another one. Here is a link to a Brooklyn local website I was photographed for that morning, too bad my photo didn't make the cut, but my family did! http://fort-greene.thelocal.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/so-you-think-you-can-dance-auditions-at-bam/

It was an insane two days in Brooklyn. I met some incredible people, saw some incredible dance, and learned so so much. By far one of the most incredible experiences in NYC to date.