Ten young tap-dancers from the Triangle are getting the opportunity of a lifetime this weekend.
The North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble has been selected to audition for the NBC talent show "America’s Got Talent."
Now, the kids are polishing up their grapevines and time-steps as they prepare for the audition.
The kids only will have 90 seconds to show off their stuff to the judges.
“I’m definitely nervous,” admits dancer Sarah Linden.
“It’s different performing in a situation like this close to judges as opposed to being on a stage separated from our audience,” Sarah explained.
Although the audition may be scary, the moves are not.
“We’re doing a dance called ‘Doom’ said Amanda Hickey. “It’s pretty fast but I think we can pull it off.”
As they worked on their syncopation, their artistic director pushed for perfection.
“I want the best for them. I want them to succeed. I want the ensemble to do well,” explained teacher Gene Medler.
The kids are sure they’re ‘The Talent’ America has been looking for these days.
“I’ve mentioned it a couple of my friends and everyone is really excited,” said dancer Laura Matrazzo. “They think it’s awesome that we even got asked to come to the audition.”
The dance company will find out in mid February if they passed the audition in Charlotte; if they do, it’s not the end of the process.
They’ll have to learn another new dance and go to another round of auditions to be held regionally.
The kids in the dance company said they had no idea they had been checked out by the talents scouts from America's Got Talent until they received notification that they'd been selected to audition.
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