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'SYTYCD' Winner's Next Steps
Congratulations to Joshua Allen, a 19-year-old street dancer from Ft. Worth, Texas who pulled off an incredible win on the fourth season of 'So You Think You Can Dance." Joshua is the first winner of the popular Fox dance competition to have no formal dance training. The win earned him $250,000 and a role in the film "Step Up 3D."
In a conference call with reporters on Friday he spoke about his plans for the future beyond the two month 'SYTYCD" tour which kicks of September 20th in Tacoma, Washington,
"I would love to choreograph or be in Missy Elliot videos, Omarion, Chris Brown, Usher, Neo just anyone of those I would love to be in, just everybody."
And it’s not just the dance world Joshua wants to conquer. He's also a singer hoping to tackle the music world,
"Hopefully a record company tries to jump on it."
Halfway through the show Joshua had his braces taken off, thanks to a friend of one of the 'SYTYCD' producers. He believes just this simple act helped raised his game on the show,
"I went at like six o'clock in the morning and I was so happy. I was licking my teeth the whole time. It made we feel a lot more confident."
It was a tough road to get to the finale though. Both Joshua and runner up Twitch Boss landed in the emergency room during rehearsals for the finale last week due to dehydration,
"We do dance a lot hours. It wasn't that big of a deal. We just really forgot to drink and replenish our bodies. We were so concentrating on having such a good show and trying to do such a good job that we kind of forgot to like drink water but everything is fine now."
Joshua’s dance partner and third runner up Katee Shean walked away with $50,000 for being the top female dancer this season.
Tickets to the tour are still on sale so if you would like to see Joshua, Katee and the other top 11 dancers in action be sure and pick them up. Go to www.fox.com/dance
Hey Mr.Allen I want to say Congratulations and much more success to you . I don't know if you remember me about I was customer service at Chase Bank off of Ramey Ave. I want to know how you started because I have a nephew that has a passion for danceing if you can just give me some information how he can get started. Thank you and Good Luck!!!!!!!