We spent the next
hour waiting for the two other flights to arrive. Supposedly, there was a storm
in Chicago that delayed that flight. The plane from Atlanta arrived first with
three dancers. There was a brother/sister Latin partnership, Jane and Alec
Volturi and then a tap dancer, Jasper Whitlock. Jasper came and sat with us. He
was a friendly fellow with an easy attitude and a lazy southern drawl. I liked
him instantly. By the time the flight from Chicago arrived, Jacob, Rose, Jasper
and I were fast friends, vowing to work together in the choreography round if
we got that far in the callback process.
We all got into the
various limos waiting for us to drive us to the hotel. A petite girl with long
black hair was in our limo with a handsome man. She had a snooty expression on
her face, appearing like she was better than us. Rose, the extrovert she was,
introduced herself to the girl. “Hi! I’m Rose and I’m a hip hop dancer. You
are?”
“I’m Alice and this
is my partner, Julian,” she said, taking out her phone and tapping out a text.
She pursed her lips.
“What style of dance
do you do?” Rose pressed, looking at Alice.
“Latin ballroom. Now,
I’m not here to make friends. I’m here to win,” Alice responded. She popped in
her ear buds, effectively cutting off all communication with us. Her partner
did the same.
Rose scoffed, moving
to sit next to me. “Rude much?” she hissed.
“She’s here to win,”
I snickered.
“And to make
enemies,” Jacob shrugged.
“I think she’s cute,”
Jasper whispered. “A bit bitchy, but cute.”
“Jasper, you deserve
better,” Rose said. Jasper nodded, turning back to Jake to continue their
conversation. Forty-five minutes later, we arrived at the theater. Cameras were
set up and we all clambered out of the limos, excited about the callbacks. We
dropped off our bags and went into the theater, rushing the stage. Once we were
all settled on the stage, Alistair, Carmen and all of the guest judges walked
out. After them, the choreographers and their assistants came out as well. Edward
was with the ballroom choreographer, a woman named Anya. Edward’s eyes swept
over the stage before landing on me. When he saw me, his face lit up in a
beautiful smile. I returned it in kind causing Rose to poke me. I poked her
back as Alistair walked onto the stage.
“Welcome, everyone
and congratulations on making it this far,” Alistair began. “There are 157 of
you on this stage. By the time we are done, 137 of you will be going home and
the top twenty dancers will begin their journey to become America’s favorite dancer.
Who will it be? It could be anyone. Now? We are going to start with individual
solos – the initial ‘dance for your life.’ After each ten solos, we’ll do a cut
and then the next round of solos will begin. We’ll be going in numerical
order.” He prattled off the first group of solos.
One of the callback stages
Second callback stage
Alistair Simms
Carmen Santiago
Bella Swan, Contemporary
Rosalie Hale, Hip Hop
Jacob Black, Contemporary
Jasper Whitlock, Tap
Alec Volturi, Latin Ballroom
Jane Volturi, Latin Ballroom
Alice Brandon, Latin Ballroom
Edward Cullen, All-Star
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