Pictured: Adam Shankman / Photo Credit: John Shearer/WireImage.com

So you think you can dance? Well, then the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences wants you…to audition for the Oscar telecast.

Open dance auditions will be held Friday, January 22nd and Saturday, January 23rd in Burbank, CA.

Producers are looking for both professionals and unknowns – as long as you can dance – you’ve got a chance. Has this got Producer Adam Shankman’s So You Think You Can Dance fingerprints all over it or what?

It’s sounding more and more like this year’s Oscars are going to be unique to the franchise. Shankman and his producing partner, Bill Mechanic are not just looking for dancers, but specialists in contemporary and hip-hop styles.

Pictured: Bill Mechanic / Photo Credit: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S.

Interested dancers, ages 18 to 30, must show up at the appointed days and times for an opportunity to land a dancing gig for the Academy Awards telecast.

Dates and Location for auditions:

Center Staging

3407 Winona Ave., Burbank, CA

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Contemporary

9 a.m. – 11 a.m. - Union, Male

10 a.m. – noon - Union, Female

Noon – 2 p.m. - Non-union, Male

1 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Non-union, Female

3 p.m. – 6 p.m. - Trickers and Tumblers

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Hip Hop

9 a.m. – 11 a.m. - Union, Male

10 a.m. – noon - Union, Female

Noon – 2 p.m. - Non-union, Male

1 p.m. – 3 p.m. - Non-union, Female

3 p.m. – 6 p.m. – Callback

The 82nd Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

The Oscars will be awarded March 7th, and broadcast live from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on ABC.