Hey Wingers!
My good friend Sandra Colton will be releasing her new book entitled “BOOK ME! How To Become A Successful Working Dancer In Hollywood” on November 16th, 2009. This 380 paged book has been deemed, “FABULOUS!” by editor-in-chief of Dance Spirit Magazine and has been chosen as the “Pick of the month” in the November issue.
Sandra was a Top Finalist on Season 1 on FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance, has performed on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno singing back-up for Paulina Rubio and Katharine Mcphee, danced in music videos for Snoop Dogg, Justin Timberlake, Chelo and The Dream, toured with Rihanna, has been in films The Day the Earth Stood Still, Bring It On: All or Nothing and commercials for Nationwide Insurance and Fruit of the Loom. “Just Dance”, Sandra’s first album was a club hit and garnered Los Angeles Music Award nominations for Best Pop Artist and Best R&B Song in 2007.
Sandra’s book gives dancers insight on the Hollywood scene and the art of navigating the competitive Hollywood entertainment industry in a way that no other has created for dancers. It is filled with Sandra’s Sick Tips and secrets to success, BOOK ME! puts dancers on the fast track to getting booked solid in Hollywood. With a foreword by celebrity choreographer Brian Friedman and packed cover-to-cover with stories of over 60 working dancers and 50 top choreographers, you’ll be sure to learn something new!
BOOK ME! Details the following and much much more:
- Information for before you make the move to Hollywood
- Landing an agent
- Building and Writing your resume
- Making contacts and Lasting Relationships
- Do’s and Dont’s at Auditions & On The Job
- Health and Beauty Tips (Secrets from the Top Hair Stylists & Make-up Artists)
- Insights from Top Choreographers including Mia Michaels, Jamie King, Jerry Mitchell, Shane Sparks, Dave Scott, Tony Testa, Kevin Maher, Sonya Tayeh and more.
You can pre-order Sandra’s book from Amazon using this link:
http://www.amazon.com/Become-Successful-Working-Dancer-Hollywood/dp/061528731X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255895193&sr=8-1
Or from Sandra’s own store:
http://www.shop.sandracolton.com/
Congratulations Sandra for publishing her first book, and I hope all of you enjoy it!
David D
I am going to post a link to this post in the Livejournal _sytycd_ community.
I still remember the footage of your audition for SYTYCD. I wish you could have been on the show. But … at least you are in a major ballet company.
Speaking of So You Think You Can Dance, I have been a HUGE fan for seasons 3, 4, 5 and part of 2. I have recorded many of the shows and watched them repeatedly. I have been to see the tour as well.
However, this season is so dull to me. Part of it is the new stage and giant video screen. Part of it is that certain choreographers like Sonya, Tabitha and Napolean keep having the contestants do the same old dance moves. The formula that made the show a hit in the past needs to be switched up. And finally, this crew of contestants are good dancers but don’t have any ‘it’ factor whatsoever.
Nigel, Mary, etc. keep building up the next season by saying that the dancers are going to be better than any of the dancers that came before. But eventually, the dancers would have to have some kind of super powers in order to be better than anyone who came before. And super powers don’t really exist. At this point, the ‘better-ness’ of the dancers has reached the plateau.
Nov 19, 2009 @ 20:57