OXYGEN’S HIT SERIES “DANCE YOUR ASS OFF” KICKS OFF NATIONWIDE AUDITIONS IN LOS ANGELES ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21

Additional Open Casting Sessions For Season Two Of Dance/Weight Loss Competition Series To Be Held in Dallas, Chicago and New York City N

NEW YORK, New York November 16, 2009 Oxygen’s inspiring and popular weight loss/dance competition series, “Dance Your Ass Off,” begins nationwide search for contestants to compete in the upcoming second season. Open calls for men and women interested in taking the stage and the scales in the hit series will begin November 21 in Los Angeles. The November 21 audition marks the first of several open calls in cities across the country including Dallas, Chicago and New York. In attendance at each casting session will be executive producer and judge Lisa Ann Walter, as well as fan favorites from season one.

The show is looking for people who love to dance and are ready to slim down. For anyone who is ready to make a change and bust a move while doing it, this is the chance of a lifetime to turn flab into fab while America cheers on!

“Dance Your Ass Off” open casting call dates and locations are as follows:

LOS ANGELES
Saturday, November 21, 2009
10am-4pm
Millennium Dance Complex
5113 Lankershim Blvd
North Hollywood, CA 91601-3718
www.millenniumdancecomplex.com

DALLAS
Saturday, December 5
10am-4pm
Dallas Powerhouse of Dance
12300 Inwood Road #124
Dallas, TX 75244
(In Summertree Shopping Center)

CHICAGO
Saturday, December 12
10am-4pm
218 S. Wabash 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60604
(Behind the Symphony Center, on the corner of Adams Street)

NEW YORK
Friday, December 18
1pm – 8pm
Dance Sport
22 West 34th Street
NY, NY 10001
www.dancesport.com

For additional information on how to apply to be on the show, go to http://dyao.oxygen.com/extras-dyao-casting-update.

The critically acclaimed series, and Oxygen’s most watched freshman series in network history, “Dance Your Ass Off” features talented, full-figured contestants who struggle with their weight and dance to unleash their inner thin. Last season, the contestants’ “thinspiration” resulted in more than 500 lbs. lost. The series pairs each contestant with a professional dance partner who trains him or her for their weekly stage performances. Then they burn up the dance floor and the calories in front of a live studio audience and a panel of expert judges. The judges score the routines, and then the contestants weigh in to reveal their weekly weight loss. The dance score and the weight loss are combined for an overall score, which determines who is sent home each week.

“Dance Your Ass Off” is produced by Magical Elves with Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz serving as executive producers. Lisa Ann Walter conceived the original “Dance Your Ass Off” and executive produces along with Kate Rigg.

Source: Oxygen Press Release