| Ivan Koumaev , having toured with the Hannah | | | | and advice for people interested in becoming |
| Montana Show and Fox's hit So You Think You Can | | | | professional dancers. |
| Dance tells all about his dance background, what he's | | | | For example, as a hip-hop dancer, you might not |
| learned, and advice for those interested in becoming | | | | guess that Ivan Koumaev thinks that ballet is a very |
| a professional dancer. | | | | important for movement and flow. In his interview on |
| Though his moves are smooth, Ivan's career didn't | | | | JigTV.com, he explains that his biggest regret is that |
| start off too smoothly. When he first heard about | | | | he didn't take ballet classes earlier in his career. |
| the show So You Think You Can Dance, he decided | | | | Ivan main piece of advice for those interested in |
| to audition for the first season. After waiting all day, | | | | learning to dance is, "You have to never plateau." |
| standing in line in the cold, he was told that he | | | | What Ivan means is that you always have to be |
| wouldn't be able to audition since he wasn't yet 18 | | | | open to experiences and learning new styles of |
| years old. | | | | dance to become better all the time. "Never fully |
| Since that experience put him off, he didn't even | | | | know where you're going," Ivan said, encouraging a |
| consider trying out for the second season, even | | | | healthy appreciation of dancing variety. Having fallen |
| though he was finally old enough. But just before the | | | | in love with learning, Ivan is now a successful |
| auditions, a friend was going and asked Ivan to come | | | | choreographer. |
| along. He made the quick decision to go along, and | | | | For his next step, Ivan is heading to New York |
| the next thing he knew he was in Las Vegas as part | | | | where will use his experiences in a variety of dance |
| of the hit show. | | | | styles as he hopes to become the next big thing in |
| Chelsea Latimer, host of the online dance | | | | hip-hop dance. To check out the full interview, visit |
| community's interview series, talks with Ivan about | | | | JigTV. |
| other experiences he had, how he started dancing, | | | | |