'Dancing With the Stars Live' coming to Madison Square Garden
Professional dancer Emma Slater, seen with basbeball player Jackson Olson, will host and perform in "Dancing With the Stars Live." Credit: Disney / Christopher Willard
"Dancing With the Stars Live" is about to waltz its way into the Big Apple.
On Wednesday, producers of the show announced the latest tour of the popular reality TV competition "Dancing With the Stars" will stop at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 5. Tickets go on sale to the general public Tuesday at 10 a.m. with a presale beginning Thursday at 10 a.m. To reserve, go to dwtstour.com.
Professional dancers from the show announced for "Live" include Emma Slater, who will also host, Brandon Armstrong, Rylee Arnold, Alan Bersten, Hailey Bills, Sharna Burgess, Valentin Chmerkovskiy, Jenna Johnson, Ezra Sosa, Britt Stewart and Adele Zaikman. Also appearing will be the "Dancing With the Stars" dance troupe: Kamri Peterson, Onye Stevenson, Jaxon Willard, and Carter Williams. Celebrity partners have yet to be announced.
The TV show's Emmy-winning choreographer Mandy Moore, whose credits also include Taylor Swift’s "Eras" tour, the Oscar-winning musical "La La Land" and Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance," will once again create the dance numbers and direct the production.
This marks the first time "Dancing With the Stars Live" is being presented at Madison Square Garden, though it has been presented on Long Island numerous times, starting in February 2009 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale and, most recently, Tilles Center for the Performing Arts in Brookville in January.
