Derek Hough steps it up with Strip dance show

The satellite comes to Las Vegas, and that includes “World of Dance.”

That’s the rubric of 1 of Derek Hough’s network-TV creation shows, for which helium was a justice for 3 years ending successful 2020. He’s besides a champ pro dancer connected “Dancing With The Stars.” Hough has claimed a half-dozen championships dating to 2007, astir precocious winning with Bindi Irwin connected play 15 successful 2015.

In 2000, the three-time Emmy Award-winner for choreography moved to the show’s judging panel. In short, helium knows the creation floor.

Hough is present fronting his ain signifier amusement connected the Strip, opening “No Limit” connected Wednesday astatine The Summit Showroom astatine The Venetian. The amusement archetypal tally is done Sunday. “No Limit” continues Sept. 29-20, and done prime dates successful October and November.

“No Limit” was primitively slated for 2020 successful Flamingo Showroom, but KO’d by the COVID shutdown. Derek’s accumulation recovered scheduling flexibility astatine the erstwhile Sands Showroom. He’s besides sharing the signifier with his girlfriend, Hayley Erbert, herself a pro connected “DWTS.”

“This past year, successful COVID, we person been dancing a batch together,” Hough said successful a caller telephone interview. “And you know, we don’t privation to beryllium distant from each other, we conscionable emotion doing this together. She’s a phenomenal dancer, truthful it lone makes sense.”

Hough’s amusement successful the erstwhile Sands Showroom volition canvas each assortment of creation (but hopefully not “Chicken”), ranging from jazz to salsa to ballroom to hip-hop. Hough and his six backing dancers volition groove to Motown, jazz, stone ‘n’ roll, classical. He’s brought successful a unrecorded band, too, which is simply a genuine luxury successful a creation amusement that could tally afloat tracked.

“I emotion unrecorded euphony and having musicians onstage,” Hough said. “It’s conscionable erstwhile you consciousness the drums, you consciousness that saxophone solo, it adds truthful overmuch to the performance. You’re going to person amusive conscionable due to the fact that the euphony is truthful fun.”

Hough’s household is steeped successful creation tradition. Las Vegas amusement types callback that Hough’s younger sister, Julianne, attended Las Vegas Academy (Derek did not arsenic helium was studying creation successful London). In 2014, the 2 teamed connected the “Move Live connected Tour,” spreading the tone of creation to 50 cities. They continued touring successful 2015 and 2017, making astir 150 stops. Derek Hough toured solo successful 2019, for 60 much performances.

The takeaway is, the creation pro says anyone tin dance. Or, rather, anyone should bask dancing, careless of aptitude.

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“You tin determination your body, truthful person amusive with it,” Hough said. “That’s what is large astir this show. It’s for everyone, and it volition marque you privation to move,” Hough said. “The mode this country is acceptable up, you’ll consciousness similar you’re connected the aforesaid level arsenic the dancers. It’s going to beryllium truly exciting, tons of bells and whistles, tons of energy.” As they say, the creation level is open.

In a word: Legend

Something I’d not readily realized until the weekend, John Legend has won 12 Grammys. Maybe we instrumentality him for granted, but I’d ne'er really counted them each up. Legend debuted a caller song, “Stardust,” astatine his sold-out amusement astatine the Chelsea astatine the Cosmopolitan connected Saturday night.

Legend besides performed “Wild,” “All of Me” and “Ordinary People.” He said to the sold-out crowd, “I emotion you Las Vegas. I’m truthful blessed to beryllium present with you. We’re going to observe the information that we’re unneurotic tonight.”

The Chelsea’s live-music docket is warming up with Quinn XCII (Oct. 3), Billy Idol (Oct. 16, 17 and 22), Old Dominion (Nov. 5 and 6), Evanescene + Halestorm (Nov. 12), El Alfa (Nov. 21), Cody Jinks (Dec. 2, 3 and 5), Brantley Gilbert (Dec. 4), Cody Johnson (Dec. 8 and 9), and Dierks Bentley (Dec. 10 and 11).

As we previously, and besides accurately, reported, Maroon 5 is playing the Chelsea connected Dec. 30-31. Officially announced Monday. Tickets are onsale 10 a.m. Friday astatine cosmopolitanlasvegas.com.

Cool Hang Alert

Journey and Chicago conscionable finished playing their respective shows astatine iHeartRadio Music Festival and Venetian Theater. But you tin inactive drawback musicians from some bands, and besides Rascall Flatts, erstwhile Generation Radio plays Fremont Street Experience’s Downtown Rocks performance series.

Deen Castronovo of Journey, Jason Sheff of Chicago and Jay Memarcus of Rascall Flatts deed the signifier astatine 9 p.m. Saturday. No cover. That’s wherever the “free” applies. No spot rocks similar FSE, judge it.

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