'So You Think You Can Dance' photos

Ballroom routine at the New York auditions

The leaps will be higher, the pirouettes will be faster and the splits will be splitier. Season five of "So You Think You Can Dance" explodes with a two-night, four-hour season premiere Thursday, May 21 (8 p.m. ET/PT) and Wednesday, May 27 (8 p.m. ET/PT) on Fox. Check out some photos from the new season of dancers hoping to make their dreams come true.