Dance Pros
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Maksim Chmerkovskiy
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Full Name:Maksim Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy
Age: 32
Dance Style: Latin
Nationality: Ukranian
Height: 6'2"
Background:Born on January 17, 1980, in Odessa, in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the former USSR, Chmerkovskiy began dancing at the age of four. His parents are Aleksandr and Larisa Chmerkovskiy. His brother, Valentin Chmerkovskiy, is also a champion dancer.
Makim's...
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Karina Smirnoff
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Full Name: Karina Smirnoff
Age: 35
Dance Style: Latin
Nationality: Ukrainian
Height: 5'5"
Season 16 Partner: Jacoby Jones
Background
Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on January 2, 1978, Ukrainian firecracker Karina Smirnoff started dancing at age five when... -
Val Chmerkovskiy
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Full Name: Valentin Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy
Age: 26
Dance Style: Latin
Nationality: Ukranian
Girlfriend alert! Is Val Chmerkovskiy dating Kelly Monaco?
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Born on March 24, 1986, in the Ukraine, Val comes from a dancing family, and is the... -
Derek Hough
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We’ve also got you covered if you’re interested in the latest on his sister, Julianne Hough.
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Full Name: Derek Hough
Age: 27
Dance Style: Latin
Nationality: American
Height: 5'8"
Season 16 Partner: Kellie Pickler
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Peta Murgatroyd
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Full Name: Peta Jane Murgatroyd
Age: 26
Dance Style: Latin
Nationality: Australian
Height: 5’7”
Season 16 Partner: Bachelor Sean Lowe
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Mark Ballas
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Lady love alert!Meet Mark Ballas's rumored new girlfriend!
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Full Name:Mark Alexander Corky Ballas Junior
Age: 26
Dance Style: Latin
Nationality: American
Height: 5'6"
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Mark Ballas was born into a family of dancers. His parents are Corky Ballas and... -
Kym Johnson
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Full Name: Kym Johnson
Age: 36
Dance Style: Latin
Nationality: Australian
Height: 5'7"
Season 16 Partner: Ingo Rademacher
Background
Born in Australia on August 4, 1976, Kym Johnson began dancing at age two. She made the leap to ballroom at age 13, when her... -
Tristan MacManus
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Quick FactsFull Name: Tristan MacManus
Age: 30
Dance Style: Ballroom/Latin
Nationality: Irish
Height: 5’11”
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Tristan MacManus began dancing his home of Dublin, Ireland... -
Cheryl Burke
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Preach! Cheryl Burke wants another judge — and an all-athlete season!
Quick facts:Full Name: Cheryl Bautista Burke
Age: 28
Dance Style: Latin
Nationality: American
Height: 5'4"
Background:
Born in Atherton, California, Cheryl Burke comes from a family of recreational dancers and... -
Gleb Savchenko
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Full Name: Gleb Savchenko
Age: 29
Dance Style: Latin
Nationality: Russian
Season 16 Partner: Lisa Vanderpump
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Born in Moscow on September 16, 1983, Gleb Savchenko began dancing at age seven. By age 14, he’d decided to dedicate... -
Sharna Burgess
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Age: 27
Twitter: @SharnaBurgess
Dance Style: Latin
Nationality: Australian
Sounding off! DWTS Troupe Member Sharna Burgess on Val and Kelly's Friendship and the Inconsistent All-Stars Judging — Exclusive
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Lindsay Arnold
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Age: 19
Twitter: @Dance9Lindsay
Dance Style: Latin
Nationality: American
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Lindsay rumba'd into the world on January 11, 1994. The eldest of four sisters (all... -
Tony Dovolani
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Full Name: Driton Dovolani
Age: 39
Dance Style: Latin
Nationality: Albanian
Height: 6'1"
Season 16 Partner: Wynonna Judd
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Born in Pristina, Kosovo, on July 17, 1973, Driton “Tony” Dovolani began folk dancing at age three in his native Albania.... -
Chelsie Hightower
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Full Name:Chelsie Kay Hightower
Age: 23
Nationality: American
Dance Style: Latin and Ballroom
Height: 5'2"
Background:
Chelsie is a Latin ballroom dancer born in Las Vegas, Nevada, and raised in Orem, Utah. She is currently dating James Lowe. She started dancing when she was 9 years old and received conventional training since the age of 14. Hightower has worked with many world-renowned... -
Lacey Schwimmer
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Full Name: Lacey Mae Schwimmer
Dance Style: Latin and West Coast Swing
Nationality: American
Height: 5'3"Age: 24
Background:
Lacey Schwimmer was born into a family with very strong dancing genes. Her parents are Laurie Kauffman and noted West Coast Swing dancer, Buddy Schwimmer. She is the younger sister of Benji Schwimmer, winner of the second season ofSo You Think You Can Dance, and...
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Anna Trebunskaya
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Full Name: Anna Trebunskaya
Age: 31
Place of Birth: Russia
Dance Style: Latin
Nationality: Russian
Height: 5'4"
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A native of Russia, Anna has been dancing ever since she was six years old. We're thinking it was only natural, as her parents owned a dance studio. She took part in her first competition at the age of seven. And guess what? She won! It was the start of a trend, as... -
Louis van Amstel
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Full Name:Louis van Amstel
Age: 40
Dance Style: Latin
Nationality: Dutch
Height: 5'7"
Background:
Louis van Amstel began his dance career at an early age, training in a theatre school and gaining a solid background in ballet, tap, and jazz. Upon graduating, Louis attended the University of the Arts in Amsterdam to further strengthen his skills in the classical dances and theory.
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Dmitry Chaplin
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Full Name: Dmitry Chaplin
Dance Style: Latin
Nationality: Russian
Height:6'1"Age: 30
Background:
Dmitry's ballroom dancing career began at the age of 12 in his hometown of Rostov–on-Don in Russia. His perfect combination of technique and performance soon got him noticed by judges and teachers in his home country.
After moving to the United States, his commitment to dance brought him to... -
Alec Mazo
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Full Name: Alec Mazo
Dance Style: Latin
Nationality: Russian
Height:5'11"Age: 34
Backround:Alec Mazo, who is of Russian Jewish descent, has been dancing since he was five years old. At the age of twelve, he moved moved from Russia to San Antonio, Texas, and later to San Francisco, where his family began a dance school. Mazo began studying dancing there at 16 to ease his back problems...
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Anna Demidova
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Full Name: Anna Demidova
Dance Style: International Standard
Nationality: Russian
Height: 5'10"
Age: 24
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Anna was born in Moscow, Russia. She started dancing when she was just 6 years old in an after school program at the local community center, following in the footsteps of her older sister, world champion Katusha Demidova. At the age of 15, Anna won the British Open Junior... -
Julianne Hough
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Full Name: Julianne Alexandra Hough
Dance Style: Latin
Height: 5'4"Age: 24
Background:
Like many otherDWTS pros, Julianne Hough hails from a dancing family. All four of her grandparents were dancers, and her parents met while on a ballroom dancing team in college in Idaho. And get this, her brother Derek Hough is also aDWTS dancer! We love how this ABC dancing competish keeps it all in...
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Edyta Sliwinska
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Full Name:Edyta Śliwińska
Age: 31
Dance Style: Latin
Nationality: Polish
Height: 5'6"
Background:
In 2000, Edyta left her native Poland to pursue her dream of becoming a world famous Latin dancer. She settled in San Franciso and partnered with Alex Mazo. Together, they won first place in the 2001 International Grand Ball and the 2001 Holiday Ball. The sacrifices she and her family made... -
Corky Ballas
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Full Name: Mark Alexander "Corky" Ballas, Sr.
Age: 51
Dance Style: Latin
Nationality: American
Background:
Corky Ballas had a distinguished start. His father, George C. Ballas, Sr., owned the largest dance studio in the world — and invented the highly useful Weed Eater. That’s a lot to live up to, but somehow Corky managed. He started dancing when he was six, and never stopped. He... -
Jonathan Roberts
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Full Name:Jonathan Robert Stubenrauch
Dance Style: Latin
Nationality: American
Height: 6'
Background:
SomeDWTS pro dancers hail from illustrious dance families. Others were practically born on the floor of a dance studio. Jonathan Roberts watched an Al Pacino flick.
It was the the tango scene in the Pacino'sScent of a Womant that first sparked Jonathan's interest in dance. He took... -
Ashly DelGrosso-Costa
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Full Name: Ashly DelGrosso Costa
Dance Style: Lyrical
Nationality: American
Height:5'3"
Background:
You could say that dancing is in Ashly DelGrosso-Costa's blood.Her mother co-owns a dance studioand her five similarly A-named sisters (Averie Michelle, Afton Skye, Autumn, Amber and Abrea Danielle — if you must know) are all dancers. This officially makes the Delgrossos that Von Trapp...
