Broadway Gypsies Among Contestants in Bravo's Step It Up & Dance
by Broadway.com Staff • Apr 3, 2008
Two Broadway dancers will be among the 12 contestants in the new Bravo reality series Step It Up & Dance. The Lion King's Michelle Aguilar Camaya and Grease's Cody Green made the intial cut for the series, which premieres April 3 on the Bravo network.
Elizabeth Berkley, whose stage credits include Sly Fox and HurlyBurly, will hostStep It Up & Dance, and Legally Blonde director/choreographer Jerry Mitchell will serve as a Tim Gunn-style mentor to the contestants. The ultimate winner will take home $100,000.
Camaya has been part of The Lion King ensemble in touring productions and now on Broadway since 2002. Before joining the cast of the new Grease, Green played Eddie in the Billy Joel/Twyla Tharp musical Movin' Out', both in London's West End and on Broadway.