Canal Fulton, OH, native Mary Murphy is an in-demand film and television star. In addition to her crowd-pleasing work as a judge on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Mary has traveled for special guest appearances in Australia, Canada and Norway.
Murphy's also appeared in a featured role in the thriller "Killer Movie," starring Kaley Cuoco, Jason London and J.C. Chasez. The long list of stars she has coached includes Julia Roberts, Mary Steenburgen, Donnie Wahlberg and Dennis Quaid.
Beyond her work in Hollywood, Murphy continues to be one of the hardest-working women in dance; serving as a judge at major ballroom dance competitions across the U.S., including The Holiday Dance Classic in Las Vegas.
Murphy is also a world-class technical dance instructor and is based at her Champion Ballroom Academy in San Diego, CA.
Murphy lives in San Diego, CA.
How So You Think You Can Dance differs from other dance shows on television?
"It's fired a lot of people across the country as far as, you know, enjoying the other dance styles because now we're seeing in dance studios across the country not only in ballet or jazz they're offering ballroom and hip-hop in that very same dance studio. It never used to be like that. It all used to be separate. Now it's all coming together and I just think it's great."
Why do audiences relate with So You Think You Can Dance?
"People love dancing, so when they're sitting there at home watching it, a lot of them are just living through the people that can dance, they always wished they could be a dancer, some had dreams when they were a kid of being a dancer, and then they live through these kids, because these are kids that don't have necessarily great opportunities, people that live in the back of the bayou that come out you know and had no opportunity, had no training and all of a sudden, bam, you see them under some other choreographer's work being able to pick it up and it's so inspiring for a lot of people to, to be able to see something like that."
How difficult it is for dancers to appear on So You Think You Can Dance?
"To make it on to this show is not easy. You know, first of all you don't necessarily have to have a background but you have to have great personality if you don't have the technical ability. If you've had years of technical ability that's going help you so far. It's going to get you probably to Las Vegas. But if you get to Las Vegas on technical ability only, and not the personality, you're not going to make it into that top 20. You have to have the whole package. We have to see something special inside of you. We have to see this twinkle in your eye, as well. Some people just have that and some people don't. We don't even know what to tell people to do to go get that."
Does she enjoy teaching dance?
Murphy's also appeared in a featured role in the thriller "Killer Movie," starring Kaley Cuoco, Jason London and J.C. Chasez. The long list of stars she has coached includes Julia Roberts, Mary Steenburgen, Donnie Wahlberg and Dennis Quaid.
Beyond her work in Hollywood, Murphy continues to be one of the hardest-working women in dance; serving as a judge at major ballroom dance competitions across the U.S., including The Holiday Dance Classic in Las Vegas.
Murphy is also a world-class technical dance instructor and is based at her Champion Ballroom Academy in San Diego, CA.
Murphy lives in San Diego, CA.
How So You Think You Can Dance differs from other dance shows on television?
"It's fired a lot of people across the country as far as, you know, enjoying the other dance styles because now we're seeing in dance studios across the country not only in ballet or jazz they're offering ballroom and hip-hop in that very same dance studio. It never used to be like that. It all used to be separate. Now it's all coming together and I just think it's great."
Why do audiences relate with So You Think You Can Dance?
"People love dancing, so when they're sitting there at home watching it, a lot of them are just living through the people that can dance, they always wished they could be a dancer, some had dreams when they were a kid of being a dancer, and then they live through these kids, because these are kids that don't have necessarily great opportunities, people that live in the back of the bayou that come out you know and had no opportunity, had no training and all of a sudden, bam, you see them under some other choreographer's work being able to pick it up and it's so inspiring for a lot of people to, to be able to see something like that."
How difficult it is for dancers to appear on So You Think You Can Dance?
"To make it on to this show is not easy. You know, first of all you don't necessarily have to have a background but you have to have great personality if you don't have the technical ability. If you've had years of technical ability that's going help you so far. It's going to get you probably to Las Vegas. But if you get to Las Vegas on technical ability only, and not the personality, you're not going to make it into that top 20. You have to have the whole package. We have to see something special inside of you. We have to see this twinkle in your eye, as well. Some people just have that and some people don't. We don't even know what to tell people to do to go get that."
Does she enjoy teaching dance?
"I love teaching dance. I've been a teacher for, let's just say a whole lot of years and most of my clients, you know, they just make me laugh. I enjoy it so much, sometimes I'm just wondering, I'm the luckiest person in the whole world to be able to make money at something that I just love to do."
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