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ENTERTAINMENT: Diners to judge Latin, hip hop, other styles
A dinner show is slated to bring battling hoofers and about 1 80 jobs to Anaheim in coming months.
Battle of the Dance plans to hire cast members, technical specialists and kitchen help and dining room servers. The action is expected after renovations are completed on a 40,000square-foot building on Harbor Boulevard just north of Chapman Avenue.
The show will pit Latin, flamenco, Celtic and hip-hop dancers against each other while diners look on. Dancers in the various categories will vie to win a nightly challenge.
"We'll have a tremendous amount of performers - both locally and from abroad - come to entertain guests," said Andres Cibotti, who serves as vice president of marketing for Battle of the Dance and holds the same title for Spanish parent company Son Amar.
The dinner show hopes to catch some momentum from the ongoing popularity of Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" and ABC's "Dancing with the Stars." Both TV shows pit teams of celebrities and professional dancers against one another in a formula that has brought strong ratings.
"With the popularity of dance shows on TV, I think families and everyone in general has been waiting to see the concept live," Cibotti said. "The main reason we created...