On Monday, January 25, fans attended a midnight release event for Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT Blu-ray & DVD release at Best Buy in New York City, and danced along with choreographer Travis Payne and Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT Dancers. A surprise flash mob of dancers broke out and performed "Drill." The event included a screening of the film, DJs, giveaways, and a live performance from the Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT Dancers.

Watch the video now!

Here's a sneak peek from MTV's new original movie, "Turn the Beat Around," which premieres on Feb. 26 at 10 p.m. EST.

So what do you think... are you going to watch or will this be just another fluff dance movie like "Save The Last Dance"?

Turkish choreographer Korhan Basaran comes to Peridance in February to teach and audition dancers for an upcoming performance! Korhan is seeking 13 dancers, male and female, for his premiere work,"Anatolia" in New York City in 2010. "Anatolia" aims to reveal the rich, fertile, and elaborate cultural history of Turkey's land and people. Come with your headshot and resume in hand! Feb 22, 2010 - Feb 26, 2010; Mon - Fri 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Peridance Capezio Center 126 East 13th Street New York, NY 10003

Brian Green teaches the fundamentals of Hip Hop and House!

Feb 15, 2010 - Feb 19, 2010; Mon - Fri
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Feb 15,16,17 - Basic Hip Hop - Free Style Class
Feb 18 - Hip Hop Choreography
Feb 19 - Basic House Class

Peridance Capezio Center
126 East 13th St.
New York, NY 10003
www.peridance.com

There's more to look forward to this summer than just warm weather. The return of higher temperatures also means return of the hot tamale train! That's right - "So You Think You Can Dance" will be chugging along for a seventh season starting May 27.

While this is good news for avid SYTYCD fans, it's bad news for Season 6 contestants, especially Russell Ferguson, who was named America's Favorite Dancer on Dec. 16, 2009. Due to back-to-back scheduling, the Season 6 tour has been suspended indefinitely, according to E! news.  Jeanine Mason, who won Season 5, also had her reign as America's Favorite Dancer cut short.

A rep for the show stated "It has been a very unique year for 'So You Think You Can Dance' with seasons five and six airing back-to-back and season seven auditions starting in January. Each season we strive to deliver a stellar tour for the fans and are still open to touring opportunities with the season-six dancers in the future, but nothing has been set at this time."

The remainder of the Season 7 schedule includes Dallas on March 10, Nashville on Mar. 14, Chicago on Mar. 18 and Los Angeles on Mar. 26.

According to Page Six, Madonna held a secret dance audition late Wednesday night at SL club in the Meatpacking District of New York City. It is reported that the recording artist is looking for new dancers for her upcoming tour.

Apparently more than 30 dancers showed up, formed a circle around her and conducted a dance-off while Madonna's DJ Tony Touch worked the turntables.

"She was looking for new dancers for her upcoming tour," a source told the New York Post. "It was pretty epic. Some professionals were doing flips and spins, while the amateurs sort of just stared."

Also reported to be in attendance were Knicks star Danilo Gallinari and singer Eve.

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For those of you who aren't familiar with the show, "Taking the Stage" follows seven (eight if you want to count the already-graduated Mia, who I have a sneaking suspicion will not keep herself too far from the episodes) students at the School for Creative & Performing Arts (SCPA) in Cincinnati, Ohio. If you think this sounds like "Fame"...that's because it is. However, this show chronicles the lives of real high school students, making this one Fametastic reality show. So, there you have it and here we go.

Butterflies before lunch: With Emily poised on the stairs and her arm strewn over her guitar, we get right into the action...the budding relationship between Emily and resident sensitive musician Adam. "Don't laugh, K," she says to Anna. "When I looked at him on stage I had butterflies!" Just as my heart was about to melt, the scene switches to Adam getting his hair tousled by a girl named Holly! Looks like we can change that to resident sensitive musician who's playin' the field Adam.

So, what does he do? He goes to his friend Carlton for advice, who tells him something like, go for the sexy girl (Holly) and if it doesn't work you can just go back (back would be Emily, in this case). This is surely some sound advice coming from a guy who is busting out dance moves as he's mesmerized by himself in the mirror. This conversation will probably come back to bite you. I don't think this is one meant for the MTV cameras, save it for iChat boys.

I Thought America's Best Dance Crew ended at 11?:  So, the rivalry is on between dancers Tyler (back from last season) and Carlton. The gauntlet was thrown down last week at the talent show, but this week when Tyler told Aris, "Don't compare me to Carlton," I knew it was still on!  

I do love a good intrigue, and when Adam brought Holly to his snazzy car, it was the sigh heard 'round the world (or maybe it was just me) that cried out for Emily.