After picking the top 20 last week, So You Think You Can Dance is now providing more information about the Top 20. To make things easier for you and save you some clicks, I've summarized them for you here and pulled together information from various sites.
Here are your Top 10 Girls! (click here to read about the Top 10 Guys)
Ashley Valerio is a 22 year old Contemporary dancer from North Hollywood, CA
Fox.com Bio: Valerio has been dancing for most of her life. She is a graduate of Mountain View High School.
Check out her Myspace Page Here
Asuka Kondoh is a 25 year old Latin ballroom dancer from Irvine, CA
Fox.com Bio: Kondoh loves swimming, golf and tennis and has played piano for 13 years. She is a graduate of University of California, Irvine, and has worked as a Latin Ballroom instructor for the last two years.
Caitlin Kinney is a 21 year old Contemporary dancer from Annapolis, MD
Fox.com Bio: Kinney graduated from the Baltimore School for the Arts in 2005. She danced at North Carolina Dance Theatre as an apprentice for two years and is an experienced gymnast. After beginning as a competitive gymnast, Kinney found her way to dance though an acrobatics program at “C&C Dance Company”. After graduating from Baltimore School for the Arts in 2005, she then joined North Carolina Dance Theater, first as an apprentice then later as a second company member.
Watch her Audition and her sister's too!
Janette Manrara is a 25 year old Salsa dancer from Hialeah, FL
Fox.com Bio: Manrara began performing in musical theater at age 12, and started her formal dance training at 19, studying Ballroom, Ballet, Pointe, Jazz and Hip Hop. She currently attends Florida State University
Jeanine Mason is an 18 year old Contemporary dancer from Pinecrest, FL
Fox.com Bio: A recent graduate of the Ransom Everglades School, Mason plans to attend the University of California, Los Angeles in the fall. She began her dance training in Ballet and Lyrical and then went on to study Jazz, Acrobatics, Hip Hop, Modern and Contemporary.
Watch a performance by Jeanine
Karla Garcia is a 23 year old Jazz/Contemporary dancer from Brooklyn, NY
Fox.com Bio: Garcia is a graduate of New York University. Her early dance experience included learning traditional Filipino folk dancing. Garcia performed on Broadway in “Hot Feet,” danced in the ensemble of the “Radio City Christmas Spectacular” and went on to tour with “Wicked.” She is a member of “Boogie Bots Crew.”
Kayla Radomski is a 18 year old Jazz/Contemporary dancer from Aurora, CO
Fox.com Bio: Radomski has been dancing for most of her life, and participating in SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE is one of her most rewarding experiences. She is grateful to her amazing mother who has supported her love of dance for so many years. Radomski also enjoys acting and singing.
Melissa Sandvig is a 29 year old Ballet dancer from Los Alamitos, CA
Fox.com Bio: Sandvig has been dancing for most of her life. She has danced with the Milwaukee Ballet Company, LA Opera, Long Beach Ballet and Helios Dance Theater. A highlight for Sandvig was performing “Le Coeur Illumine” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
Watch a performance with Melissa here
Paris Torres is a 19 year old Contemporary dancer from Issaquah, WA
Fox.com Bio: Torres is a graduate of Skyline High School. She began dancing when she was 6 years old and now teaches at a studio near her home. She was also a Miss Washington Teen pageant winner, and was a Seattle Storm and Seattle Sonic Jr. dancer from 2000-2003.
Randi Evans is a 23 year old Jazz dancer from Springville, UT
Fox.com Bio: Evans began dancing at an early age and performed in the closing ceremonies at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games. She currently attends Utah Valley University where she is majoring in elementary education.
Watch a performance with Randi here
Tune in Wednesday night to see all these girls dance and vote for your favorites! Stay tuned to this blog for updates!!
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