World Of Dance Kyle Van Newkirk Interviewed On His Dance Against Les Twins And More

Did you know Emmy winning choreographer Tessandra Chavez helped Kyle Van Newkirk with his routine this week with Les Twins. Read this take from a new interview with Kristyn Burtt of Dance Network.

Van Newkirk started from scratch again and again. He added the cane and eventually went through five versions of his dance. He sent the video of his rehearsals to his mother, Morigerato and Janas. He was worried enough about the piece that he couldn’t even sleep until watching Fred Astaire’s “Firecracker Dance” from the 1942 film Holiday Inn and Puttin’ on the Ritz that he found his inspiration.

“I had taken apart that piece about a year before, so I was able to utilize some of the cane work because I knew I could have fluid movement in the dance,” he shares. “I thought it would be a great addition.”

He was able to work with supervising choreographer Tessandra Chavez, who made some suggestions and Van Newkirk went back to rehearse and finalize the movement.

“I knew if I was going up against Les Twins, I had to give 200%,” he says. “When it happened, I was nervous, but as excited as can be. I was completely in the zone.”

To read more, see Dance Network.

June 28, 2017 I Written By

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World Of Dance TV Ratings Up In Week 5, Third Overall For Week Of June 19-25

“World of Dance” improved slightly in Tuesday night ratings compared to last week. According to Variety via Nielsen, this week’s episode averaged a 1.9 rating in adults 18-49 and 7.7 million viewers. Last week, World Of Dance” drew a 1.8 and 7.6 million viewers. More in detail at Variety.

Also, according to TV By The Numbers for the week of June 19-25, 2017, “World of Dance” came in second overall up a notch from last week. Fantastic!

1 AMERICA’S GOT TALENT NBC Tues. 8:00 PM 2.6 3,371
2 WORLD OF DANCE NBC Tues. 10:00 PM 1.8 2,271
3 THE BACHELORETTE ABC Mon. 8:00 PM 1.6 2,048
4 AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR NBC Mon. 8:00 PM 1.5 1,892
5 CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD ABC Sun. 8:00 PM 1.4 1,830
6 SPARTAN: ULTIMATE TEAM CHALLENGE NBC Mon. 10:00 PM 1.2 1,600
7 STEVE HARVEY’S FUNDERDOME ABC Sun. 9:00 PM 1.1 1,417
8 SENOR DE LOS CIELOS V TEL Tues. 10:00 PM 1.1 1,396
9 THE $100,000 PYRAMID ABC Sun. 10:00 PM 1.1 1,367
10 SENOR DE LOS CIELOS V TEL Thurs. 10:00 PM 1.1 1,351

For more ratings, see TV By The Numbers.

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Just a music and dancing fan here ....and a lover of life, nature, animals, and spending as much time as possible camping all over in our travel trailer. Favorite Quote at the moment: "Sing like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching, and live like it's heaven on earth." ~ William Purkey. Follow me at: Voguerista Twitter & Voguerista Soundcloud. To view my photography site, see Lisa Kay Photography.