Fort Collins woman thinks she can dance

Sara VonGillern of Fort Collins thinks she can dance, and she is right. The 23-year-old is now one of 18 contestants on Fox’s hit TV show, “So You Think You Can Dance.”

“I went into the first audition in Chicago with no expectations,” VonGillern said during a phone interview in between rehearsals. “As I make it through each round, it’s like, ‘Wow, this is actually happening.’”

Even though viewers tune in all across the nation each week, VonGillern said it’s like watching a home video. The experience is surreal for contestants who have spend their whole lives dreaming of this opportunity.

VonGillern started dancing whe she was 4. Like many little girls, she took tap and jazz. She moved from Rock Island, Illinois, to Fort Collins to attend Colorado State University where she graduated with a journalism degree last spring. She has worked as a dance instructor, was a CSU Dance Program student, a 2006 Red Bull Beat Rider, a Denver Nuggets Mob Squad dancer, a Broadway Dance Center Intern and a Colorado Crush dancer. READ THE FULL STORY AT (http://www.nextnc.com/content/view/15937/29/)

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