Show & Tell: Jennifer Stowe of ‘Crazy Girls’

Q: Were you into dance as a child?

A: Well, I started dancing when I was 3. Just about everything possible - ballet, jazz, tap. … I just loved to watch dancers. I loved ballet when I was little.

Q: What was the appeal?

A: I think it was the costumes. The more sequins the better for me (laughs). ... When I was 13 I started teaching, so my whole life has revolved around dancing.

Q: What was your favorite style?

A: I think jazz was No. 1 for me. I liked the music and you could incorporate more of the popular moves of the time.

Q: Did you go on to study dance in college?

A: I went to college and got an engineering degree. My mom said, "You have to at least get a degree." That was part of our deal, that backup. And I loved math. I was a big science nerd. So I studied industrial engineering, and then they had a dance team in college. Then I taught (dance) during the summers all over the U.S.

Q: But even with the degree, you were still thinking of being a dancer?

A: That was my passion. That was what I wanted to do.

Q: And Las Vegas was already on your radar?

A: At (dance) school, people would come out to Vegas to be in a show, and they'd come back and tell us what it was like. So I was like, "Wow, I want to be a showgirl!" I just knew I wanted to dance, and I'm a little tall for L.A. and I'm a little short for New York, so Vegas was a good fit for me.

Q: When did you finally move here?

A: I couldn't wait to get out here, so the day after my graduation, I moved out to Vegas. ... I started substitute teaching during the day. ... I got into "Splash" first, right near the end. I was one of the dancers and did understudy for Madonna.

Q: And after that show closed, you landed a spot in "Crazy Girls." What's it like to be in such a classic, well-known show?

A: It's been here forever, and when I meet people, I say, " 'Crazy Girls.' You know, the one with the butts," (laughs).

Q: But your, um - yours isn't on that statue?

A: No, but I'm one of the new ones. We did a new shot for the 25th anniversary. … It's exactly the same pose, except it's the girls who are in the show now.

Q: What was it like to pose for that?

A: There's a very special way to do the pose. There's an art to it - arching your back, where your arms go, where your legs go. It was fun, and I think it's cool that I can say I'm in the new butt shot for the 25th to 50th (anniversaries)!