Directed and Choreographed by Jason Gilkison
Synopsis: From Harlem's hot nights at The Savoy, where dances such as the Lindy, Foxtrot and Charleston were born, to the Latin Quarter where the Cha-Cha, Rumba and Salsa steamed up the stage, Burn the Floor takes audiences on a journey through the passionate drama of dance. The elegance of the Viennese Waltz, the exuberance of the Jive, the intensity of the Paso Doble - audiences will experience them all, as well as the Tango, Samba, Mambo, Quickstep, and Swing. It's Ballroom dance with a sexy 21st century edge.
The production's 18 award-winning international dancers hail from around the globe -- Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Russia, Australia, Sweden, The Philippines and the U.S. -- and include Australian Ballroom and World Latin American champions. The dancers, who collectively hold more than 100 dance titles, move to the vision of artistic director and choreographer Jason Gilkison
NEW YORK TIMES:
"The good news about “Burn the Floor,” a ballroom dancing extravaganza that opened Sunday at the Longacre Theater, is that it is every bit as flashy and tacky as you would expect. Do I need to add that this is also the bad news?"
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NEW YORK POST:
""Burn the Floor" consists of a breathless, plotless succession of ballroom routines. That's it, and it's either a lot or not very much, depending on your love for this type of dancing."
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NEW YORK DAILY NEWS:
"With its zero percent body fat and four-alarm sizzle, "Burn the Floor" is the stage equivalent of a fast, frisky beach read. With legs. Twenty pulsating pair. Dance can do that — really grab you and move you. "Burn the Floor" does as it celebrates the foxtrot, samba, cha-cha, jive, waltz, tango and swing."
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THEATERMANIA:
"Despite the promise of its title, Burn the Floor, the touring all-dance show that has landed for a limited run at Broadway's Longacre Theatre, turns out to be much like this summer's weather in New York: surprisingly cool with occasional flashes of heat. While the show will likely more than satisfy those who are suffering from withdrawal from ABC's megahit Dancng with the Stars, more discerning dance aficionados -- not to mention your average theatergoer -- may wonder what all the hooting and hollering is about."
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VARIETY:
"While ballroom blitz "Burn the Floor" has been touring internationally for 10 years, its arrival on Broadway clearly aims to cash in on the resurgent popularity of dance on television reality shows. But if you're going to invade the turf of Bob Fosse, Jerome Robbins and Michael Bennett, you need to bring something beyond adrenaline and aggressive sizzle. Something like grace, style or wit. While there's only about 15 ounces of collective body fat onstage, there's also about 15 ounces of imagination."
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NEWSDAY:
"When the dance cannot turn a full evening into more than a series of strenuous effects, Gilkison switches the lights from green to purple. When all else fails, we get the fog machine."
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BACKSTAGE:
"When the dancers display individual feats of technical virtuosity, the audience responds like ballpark fans to a home run. Though the performers are stunning to look at and exhibit uniformly superb technique, the dancing in the first segment remains only superficially engaging, because Gilkison's choreography lacks variety and ingenuity."
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