Contestant Alexis Warr Burton dances a solo routine on “So You Suppose You Can Dance,” airing Wednesday, Aug. 10. Ray Mickshaw, Fox
“So You Suppose You Can Dance” is right down to its last two rivals, and a dancer from Utah has a shot at strolling away with the $100,000 prize.
Who's competing on the ‘So You Suppose You Can Dance’ 2022 finale?
The “So You Suppose You Can Dance” competitors is down to 2: Up to date dancer Keaton Kermode and ballroom dancer Alexis Warr Burton. In the course of the season finale Wednesday evening, the dancers will every carry out 5 routines: a gaggle dance, a solo efficiency and three duets, Newsweek reported.
Though the judges will present suggestions for every routine, the viewers will finally resolve the season winner.
Who's ‘So You Suppose You Can Dance’ dancer Alexis Warr?
Burton began coaching at Middle Stage Performing Arts Studio in Orem, Utah — the identical studio the place Derek Hough and “Dancing with the Stars” professional Jenna Johnson studied — when she was 6, the Deseret Information beforehand reported.
The Orem studio has seen large success with its dancers. In 2014, Burton competed on “America’s Received Expertise” as a dance captain with the Middle Stage Dance Troupe, a gaggle that includes dancers ages 12 by way of 17.
In 2018, 11 teenagers from the studio — together with Burton — competed on the second season of NBC’s “World of Dance,” a contest Hough helped choose, per the Deseret Information. Charity Anderson and Andres Penate, a duo from the studio, ended up incomes the primary good rating within the present’s historical past and walked away the third-place winners that season.
In 2019, Burton, who grew up in Highland, joined Hough for his first solo tour.
“Alexis Warr is a strong dancer,” Hough mentioned when he introduced his tour. “She is thought for her athletic capacity and creative flare. She’s a flexible dancer who has educated in ballet, up to date, hip hop, jazz, faucet, gymnastics, and ballroom since she was 6 (Love Versatility!!) at Middle Stage Performing Arts Studio in Utah. (Which additionally occurs to be the identical studio I grew up in.)”
“After I was requested to affix the tour, I didn’t consider it at first,” Burton beforehand informed the Deseret Information. “It took a second to sink in. I couldn’t wait. Afterwards I began crying and was on cloud 9.”
Now, Burton is once more within the nationwide highlight. On Wednesday, she may win $100,000 and be topped “America’s favourite dancer” on “So You Suppose You Can Dance.” Though Utah dancers have had a robust presence on the present over time, just one has received: Sabra Johnson on Season 3 in 2007.
Burton has a very good shot at changing into the second.
“A literal dream come true,” the dancer just lately shared on Instagram. “I'm so extraordinarily grateful and excited to have made it to the Finals.”
When is the ‘So You Suppose You Can Dance’ Season 17 finale?
The “So You Suppose You Can Dance” finale airs on Fox Wednesday evening at 8 p.m. MT.