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[email protected]. So You Think You Know Dance? Popular Dance and Cultural Identity on Television Eleni Koutroumanis December 17, 2010 1 AMST 3500 1 http://www.pbase.com/rcalmes/image/109412611 Koutroumanis 2 The art of dance has always had its place in American popular culture and society, but in the past five years America has seen dance through a new medium: reality television. In the summer of 2005 So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing with the Stars first aired on FOX and ABC. Shortly after came many spin-offs including Dance Your A** Off and America’s Best Dance Crew . These shows have become some of the most popular and controversial shows in the country, reaching out to a wide audience. As a result, a dance phenomenon in America has been triggered, and people are more interested in the art than ever before.