Dance Shows on TV in June

In addition to season four of So You Think You Can Dance, this June also brings several other television shows:

• Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods airs on Mondays from 9-10.
  

From the MTV website:
Have you ever wondered what it takes to see your name up on the marquee of one of Broadway's biggest hits? Well, Legally Blonde The Musical: The Search for Elle Woods shows you all the hard work, dedication and determination that's needed to become a leading lady in a mega-musical. (Watch the trailer.)

After a nationwide casting call, thousands of girls auditioned for the chance to become Elle Woods. Now that the intensive search is over, 10 girls with larger-than-life dreams are going to be given the opportunity of a lifetime -- a shot at the starring role in the Broadway musical Legally Blonde. But only one of them will take center stage when the lights go up.

Filmed in New York City, the search will pull back the curtain on the audition process and show you exactly what it takes to become a Broadway star. The 10 lucky finalists will live together in a NYC loft while working their butts off with some of Broadway's biggest names, including choreographer Denis Jones, vocal coach Seth Rudetsky and some of the cast members of Legally Blonde. Plus, they'll be mentored by singer/actress Haylie Duff, who had her own starring role in the Broadway musical, Hairspray.

It's going to take a lot of hard work, dedication and determination to be the next blonde on Broadway, and the competing girls will be given a crash course in singing, dancing and acting. Each week, the Elle Woods wannabes will step onstage in front of a panel of judges... The last girl standing will land the starring role in the blockbuster Broadway musical!

• Swingtown premieres on CBS on June 5th at 9. This show isn't really about dance, but I choreographed the dance sequence for them while they were in Austin and you can see me and some of my students in the scene.

• Master of Dance is scheduled to premiere on June 9th and airs Mondays 7-8 on TLC.
  

From TLC press release:
Do you have the moves it takes to be TLC's MASTER OF DANCE? The new competition series – hosted by Joey Lawrence – tests the dancer's moves by changing the song mid-performance to see if they can really go with the flow. Only the dancers with a full repertoire and the flexibility to keep up with the beat will be able to claim the grand prize - $50,000.

• Dance Machine is scheduled to air on ABC, Fridays from 7-8.

From ABC website:
Each episode features six real people from all walks of life who will face off against each other in a series of one-on-one dance-offs to the most popular songs of all time. Imagine a 70-year-old grandmother in a dance-off with a 25-year-old gravedigger to the tune of Michael Jackson's "Thriller." Throughout the night contestants will be eliminated by voters in the studio audience. By the end of the evening, just two finalists will be left to challenge each other for the honor of being crowned that night's "Dance Machine" -- and to take home the $100,000 cash prize. Popular E! News correspondent Jason Kennedy is host.

Some of these shows seem like they'll be more fun than others but all of them sound like they will have something to offer the Dance Lover.