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Dance King Jason
Gilkison Makes His Move 

Dancing With the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance have a hot new reality TV sibling in NBC's choreo-spastic Superstars of Dance, and that makes Jason Gilkison very happy. The out, world-renowned ballroom dancer and choreographer (Burn the Floor) from Down Under is captain of Dance's Australian contingent in the competition show that finds eight countries sweating for the gold -- Think "Olympics of Dance" with a mega-caffeine buzz.)

Gilkison, brave mate that he is, survives a good grilling from judges about his stylistic choices in the festive soiree, the love child of American Idol titans Nigel Lythgoe and Simon Fuller.

Actually, Gilkison comes across as a real pro. But growing up around a glut of frilly tulles back in Perth, Australia, where his family ran a dance studio, must have prepped him well for that. Perhaps it was his Scottish grandfather, who established Australia's first ballroom dance studio in 1931?

Learning how to dance at the age of 5 didn't hurt. Nor did teaming up

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Jason Gilkison: Burn the Floor and the Ballroom Renaissance

About the author:
For the past decade, Burn the Floor has been an international hit, thrilling dance fans with 25 high-energy ballroom routines in which as many as 10 couples share the stage. And not just any couples: These dancers are international champions who join the show after retiring from competition. Director/choreographer Jason Gilkison knows exactly how to challenge these thoroughbred dancers because he’s a former world champion himself. After hanging up his dancing shoes, the Australian Gilkison got his feet wet on Broadway staging five numbers for Dame Edna: Back with a Vengeance and has choreographed the closing ceremony at the Sydney Olympics as well as routines for TV’s So You Think You Can Dance. Understandably thrilled at the opportunity to bring Burn the Floor to Broadway’s Longacre Theatre, Gilkison traced his history, and that of the show, for Broadway.com.

 

I was born into ballroom. My grandfather opened a dance studio in Perth in 1931 after moving to Australi

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Jason Gilkison

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