Behind The Scenes: Blerrrrrrg

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Jessica and Spencer are joined by former professional musical theater boys turned super choreo-coaching duo, Daymon Jones and Patrick Kiens to discuss Celine van Gerner’s iconic Cats makeup, the Paris Olympic FX final from their perspective as Romanian team head coaches, choreographing in over 15 countries combined and being the new coaches at WCC.  Replay tickets avilable here tickets. 

Welcome to Behind The Scenes!

Let’s talk about the news and answer lots of questions. This is our weekly Behind The Scenes Q&A episode. We will go live (right here, on this page) Friday,May 2nd at 12:00pmPacific/3:00pm Eastern/7:00pm GMT. Login to reveal the show below. Today we’ll discuss behind the scenes stories form NCAAs including obligatory travel nightmares and answer our questions.

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