Dancers Wanted For 82nd Oscar Telecast

Open dance auditions for the 82nd Academy Awards telecast will be held Friday, January 22 and Saturday, January 23, at CenterStaging in Burbank, California, according to telecast producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic.

Cast dancers will perform live during the Academy Awards show, Sunday, March 7, at the Kodak Theatre, Hollywood & Highland Center.

"...The auditions are open to professional-level male and female dancers in the contemporary and hip-hop styles who are between the ages of 18 and 30. Shankman, who began his career as a dancer and once performed on the Oscar show, will be choreographing the audition numbers with associate choreographers Anne Fletcher and Jamal Sims..."

CenterStaging is located at 3407 Winona Avenue in Burbank.

Only 'qualified' dancers will be admitted.

Following is the audition schedule:

Friday, January 22, 2010

Contemporary

9 a.m. – 11 a.m. - Union, Male
10 a.m. – noon - Union, Female
Noon – 2 p.m. - Non-union, Male
1 p.m. – 3 p.m. - Non-union, Female
3 p.m. – 6 p.m. - Trickers and Tumblers

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Hip Hop

9 a.m. – 11 a.m. - Union, Male
10 a.m. – noon - Union, Female
Noon – 2 p.m. - Non-union, Male
1 p.m. – 3 p.m. - Non-union, Female
3 p.m. – 6 p.m. - Callback

The 82nd Academy Awards nominations will be announced Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be televised live by the ABC Television Network, Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 5 p.m. PT, also televised live to more than 200 countries worldwide...