Director Cameo: [Jon Chu] The director in the seen with the stunt double rehearsing, during the crew-recruiting montage.
Finalists from MTV's "Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew" (2008), the JabbaWockeez, appear in the movie briefly wearing their signature white masks.
The name of the dance team is "410". 410 is the area code for telephone numbers in Baltimore.
Moose mentions that Blake Collins left MSA to dance with the Royal Ballet. Will Kemp (who plays Collins) was actually turned down by the Royal Ballet.
To prepare for the role of Chase Collins, Robert Hoffman actually went into the Baltimore city underground dance scene and participated in competitive break dance circles.