#daniella karagach

[chmerkovskiyvalentin]

#i cant 😍🤣 #val chmerkovskiy #jenna johnson #daniella karagach #pasha pashkov #rome chmerkovskiy #nikita pashkova #dwts tour

[always-rolling-my-eyes]

Most of these pro’s can’t choreograph a proper jazz dance to save their lives, Daniella finally gives us one which Jason performed amazingly and they shit all over it

#jason mraz #daniella karagach #dwts 32 #dancing with the stars 32 #dwts #dancing with the stars

[allinmycorner]

And just like that, Season 32 of Dancing With the Stars comes to an end.

All the competitors returned for one final show, most participating in the opening number. There had been some concerns as Jamie Lynn had not been pictured in a photo of the returning stars and their pros posted before the finale but she confirmed that she had been sick so was waiting for medical clearance. She got it and briefly appeared in the opening number even though she didn't dance. And Barry treated us to one more shirtless dance as he and Peta danced in the audience at one point.

There was also a performance to celebrate Christmas featuring the pros along with Alfonso and Julianne. At one point, Witney Carson and Helio Castroneves joined their former partners (Alfonso and Julianne, respectively) while former winners Hannah Brown and Rashad Jennings joined in to dance with their former partners (Alan and Emma, respectively). Jason performed his song "I Feel Like Dancing" and even did a little dancing with Daniella, who then finished the dance with her husband Pasha. (The show tried to make a Big Deal about the fact that they are the first husband and wife duo in the finale but neither seemed to want to make it a Big Deal). Charli D'Amelio also performed a new routine with Mark Ballas, who was congratulated on his new baby! Charli also helped hand out the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy as well.

Before we got to that point, our finalists had two rounds of competition to go through first. The first round was the redemption dance where each couple was assigned a dance style to redo and hopefully get better scores after working with a judge. In the second round, the rulebook was thrown out the windows and the couples put it all on the line with their freestyle routines.

For one last time this season, let's take a look at how our stars did!

Alyson and Sasha: Alyson thought that Alfonso had made a mistake when he announced she made it to the finals. But she and Sasha celebrate being there and vow to work hard to the very end. Carrie Ann assigns them to dance the salsa again, which was the very first dance Alyson did for the competition. She gave Alyson some pointers and you can see how much Alyson improved from Week 1 to Week 11. I've said before that I could justify Alyson winning the trophy because she was the most improved and this proved it. For her freestyle, she combined Taylor Swift and Jennifer Lopez to do a nice mash-up of ballroom and Latin that showed off her talent and her personality. She also got in a reference to American Pie by saying: "This one time on Dancing with the Stars, I made it to the finals!" It was great to see her in the finale and she should be proud of her fifth place finish.

Charity and Artem: Carrie Ann also mentored Charity and assigned her to do the tango again. She also gave her some tips on how to connect emotionally with her dance. I don't really remember Charity's tango and usually I would rewatch the routines to comment on them but with it being the finale, I decided to just go with my memory. I do remember her freestyle. She decided to tap into her past as a cheerleader and even had help from the cast of Cheer. It was a pretty fun routine. I feel like we've had some cheerleading/sports inspired freestyles that were a little better than this one but for what it was, it was a great way to close out Charity's time on the show. Fourth place may seem disappointing to some driven like her but it's still nothing to sneeze at. She should be proud of everything she did on this show.

Ariana and Pasha: Ariana and Pasha get some coaching from Derek, who assigns her to dance the samba again. It's a fun and energetic routine, again highlighting how talented she is as a performer. Carrie Ann thought she was off the beat but Derek and Bruno thought she did it well. Ariana then had her freestyle, which I thought got off to a weak start and I didn't feel she did much dancing at first. Toward the end, she started to really shine but I was hoping for more. But I am happy that she made it to third place. She worked hard despite her injury and I wish her all the best when she makes her Broadway debut in Chicago!

Jason and Daniella: Bruno assigned Jason and Daniella to dance the foxtrot again, which they danced during Disney Week. He gave them some pointers and Jason definitely improved. This time he glided across the floor and he channeled some classic Hollywood feelings to help with the elegance of his dance. All the judges were impressed. For his freestyle, his was fast paced and was inspired by the Lindy-hop and jive. It was fun to watch and had a lot of content. Jason handled it masterfully and showed how to throw a celebration with your freestyle. I always suspected it would come down to him and someone else so I was not surprised to see him in the final two. While falling just short of the mirrorball trophy likely stung, second place is still a great honor. Way to go, Jason!

Xochitl and Val: Bruno also worked with Xochitl and Val, also giving them the foxtrot as well. And like Jason, Xochitl also channeled some classic Hollywood glamour for an elegant dance though she still also gave it a modern twist - much like her Viennese waltz. Unsurprisingly, she received perfect scores for her routine. She and Val then celebrated her culture by doing a Latin-inspired routine. Her freestyle absolutely was a reflection on herself and she shone throughout it all. Every finalist deserved the mirrorball trophy for their own reason and Xochitl deserved it for how hard she worked and how she kept topping herself week after week. Congratulations, Xochitl and Val on your win. You deserved it!

Thanks to everyone who has read my thoughts on this season of Dancing With the Stars! It certainly was a fun season that kept us guessing to the end. I look forward to Season 33 next year and hope you'll come back to find out my thoughts about that!

Have a happy holiday season if you celebrate and I hope you all have a happy New Year!

#dancing with the stars #abc #season 32 #alyson hannigan #sasha farber #charity lawson #artem chigvintsev #ariana madix #pasha pashkov #jason mraz #daniella karagach

[dwtsfun]

Dancing with the Stars Season 32 Week 6: Halloween

We are kinda late with this, but it's okay. I just want to make note of a few things. As the whole season has been, Halloween night was fine. It wasn't amazing. It wasn't terrible. It was fine. The level of dancing for everyone this year (yes, everyone) leaves a lot to be desired. And I think the judges are not doing at least two couples any favors by being extremely lenient with them. Also, I have already said this a few times, but I found Niecy to be an amazing guest judge. She was kind when she needed to be. She gave tough love when it was needed. She was real with everyone. She came having done her homework. She looked for specific things regarding technique and she was on point with all of it. I'm going to split this up into the top scores, middle of the pack and bottom of the leaderboard.

Top Scores

I'm going to start this with saying that I don't think anyone deserved a 10 this week either. However, unlike last week, I can see why the 10s happened. Xochitl's dance was fine. I don't like contemporary, so that's already a point against it. And Val has NEVER impressed me with his contemporary choreo. Like Charity last week, this dance felt oddly disconnected from the actual music and I'm just not sure why. She still has balance issues though the judges still have yet to call it out. I got the 10 though because Niecy talked about powering through an injury and all that.

Ariana I think had the best created Argentine tango that I've seen on this show in YEARS. I think the music added to giving us the right mood and the choreography was classic ATango. Props to Pasha for that. It might have been my favorite piece of choreography of the season (not performance). Now Ariana did well, but her legs were nowhere near as strong, sharp or precise as I needed them to be. Again, no 10 from me, but I understand Bruno's 10 for the very classic Argentine tango that was mostly fine.

Jason was the closest to perfect for me, but he still felt slightly off. Not sure what was happening, but he just wasn't as grounded as he typically is.

Middle of the Pack

Okay, so this is the point in the season that I have to tug on Artem's edges a bit. WAKE UP, MAN! Your partner is amazing. Why do you have her tipping her way through a jive. He has the same problem that Tony had where most of his partners kinda just mark their Latin dances. This jive was low energy and boring. Niecy was right to tell Charity to just go for it and Derek was right to say that Lele and Charity can learn from each other. The problem with Charity though is while Lele can and is making progress on refining her dances, Charity is not making progress on the letting go aspect. And again, that falls at Artem's feet more than her.

Last week was a breakout dance for Lele. I think this week was the week that cemented her as a legit contender, score be damned. It wasn't perfect but it was a very good dance. It was actually better than the judges (namely CAI) made it out to be. Yes, we need just a tad bit more refinement, but Lele is basically there. Ariana, Charity and Xochitl are not that superior to her in terms of performance or technique anymore. Either those three need to not be scored as high as they are, or Lele needs to be scored higher.

I put Barry in the middle of the pack because even though he scored lower than Mauricio overall, in my opinion, he had a much better night in his individual dance. As a performer, I think Barry is the best of the season. No one embodies a character like he has. No one commits to the dance like he does. He lost some of the grace and refinement as a result of this, but it was still a really good dance.

Bottom of the Leaderboard

Mauricio is gone, but I fully expected it. He improved but he is not the dancer that folks were acting like he was and with his fanbase being questionable, his time was quickly running out. To me, it was his best dance and also a perfect dance for them to leave on.

Alyson had her best dance in my opinion. Her timing was much better, she wasn't as hoppy as she usually is in her dances and she looked much more confident. Her technique was much more sound as well. Niecy was right about the grace and refinement. She is lacking that. But it was a definite improvement and it was a dance that made me sit up and finally take notice of her.

Okay so Harry is not as bad as many folks want him to be. He's not great. He's really not good honestly. But he's not terrible. He is trying. He is getting better. And he actually has potential to be a decent dancer. His big issues are that he dances very small. Between the way he dances inward, his posture kinda caving in and him not fully using his lines, it's a problem. He also just doesn't bend his legs when he dances. It's weird. It's almost like he gets out there and forgets how to move from point A to point B. I'm not a professional, but I wanna just get in the studio with him and work on that. I think fixing that would make his dances look a lot better.

Thoughts on the Marathon

So I shared some of this throughout the week, but here is a more comprehensive look at my feelings. It was actually handled much better than last season. It felt like they were trying to give a specific person more points (like it usually does), but they didn't go out of their way to crown her the winner if she didn't deserve it. Ariana probably should've been 4th, but she got 2nd. Meh. Not too big of a difference. Xochitl probably should've been 3rd but won. Again, not terrible. I feel bad for Jason and Lele being shafted. Usually they get the top 2 right, but after that nonsense last season, I will gladly take the top 4 being right. Everyone else went out about when they should've. I've seen talk about Charity sneaking into the top 4, but she just would've been 4th anyway, so it doesn't make much difference to me that she was 5th.

A few things. That was the sloppiest and worst danced marathon I have ever seen on this show. The fact that they ran out of steam that badly when it was also the shortest marathon that they have ever had was disappointing. I also do not like how they get the couples off the floor anymore. In seasons past, the producers would come in, tap them and quickly leave. The couple would exit the floor on the sides or into the audience and go onto the raised part of the stage. I did not like the pros, dressed as grim reapers, going to tap the eliminated couples. They did too much, took too much attention off the dancing and got in the way. I just want that to never happen again. Cute idea. Not practical at all for the competing couples or the viewers. I also don't like how they stuff the couples in the audience. Put them on that stage to lessen the chances of them running into the other couples. If a couple just has to go up the stairs when they get eliminated as opposed to exiting to the side, let them do that so that don't run into people.

So those are my thoughts. Let me know you all's lingering thoughts and we'll be back on Tuesday.

#dancing with the stars #dwts #jason mraz #xochitl gomez #ariana madix #charity lawson #lele pons #barry williams #mauricio umansky #alyson hannigan #harry jowsey #rylee arnold #sasha farber #emma slater #peta murgatroyd #artem chigvintsev #brandon armstrong #val chmerkovskiy #pasha pashkov #daniella karagach

[skyhawkstragedy]

How does Daniella manage to create a dance that is both simple and difficult at the same time? 😂

#dwts 32 #dancing with the stars #jason mraz #daniella karagach

[valentincurls]

Dancing with the Stars’s Instagram post September 30th, 2022

Feeling the vibes before heading into the weekend! 👏 Share YOUR go-to dance moves in the comments!

#Dancing with the Stars #Daniel Durant #Britt Stewart #Joe Baena #Daniella Karagach #Jordin Sparks #Brandon Armstrong #Val Chmerkovskiy #Gabby Windey #Mark Ballas #Charli D'Amelio #Artem Chigvintsev #Heidi D'Amelio #Alan Bersten #Jessie James Decker #Louis Van Amstel #Cheryl Ladd #Sam Champion #Cheryl Burke #Sasha Farber #Selma Blair #Gleb Savchenko #Shangela #Trevor Donovan #Emma Slater #Koko Iwasaki #Vinny Guadagnino #Wayne Brady #Witney Carson

[danceoftheday]

Performed by: Daniella Karagach and Pasha Pashkov

Number: “Stampede”

Style: Paso Doble

From: Freddy Awards Ball 2021

#youtube #dance #daniella karagach #pasha pashkov #stampede #paso doble #latin ballroom #latin dance #freddy awards ball #dancers #dancing #dancesport #ballroom dancing #alexander jean

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#Made by: Aubree #daniella karagach

[wickedlybadass]

Mating season!

Season 31 of DWTS must be mating season for the pros.  First, Sharna, then Jenna, then Lindsay, Witney and now Daniella!  What the heck is going on with all those pros popping babies out now almost all at once?? LOL.  Anyway congrats to Daniella and Pasha and of course those others who are still expecting!

#dwts #dancing with the stars #babies #baby #daniella karagach #pasha pashkov #jenna johnson #valentin chmerkovskiy #sharna burgess #lindsay arnold #witney carson

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Backstage with contestants Alexis Warr and Keaton Kermode next to choreographers Pasha Pashkov & Daniella Karagach and assistants Ronald Hidalgo and Kailyn Rogers

#Keaton Kermode #Alexis Warr #Daniella Karagach #Ronald Hidalgo #Kailyn Rogers #Pasha Pashkov #US17pics #US17 #US17T10B #backstage

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Emma with Brandon and Dani during the finale (via Emma's instagram stories)

12/5/23

#emma slater #brandon armstrong #daniella karagach #bramma #dwts 32 #32 finale #dwts #december 2023

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(IG Stories) ezra.sosa | theemmaslater | daniellakaragach: 01.20.24

#babies on tour 🥰🥰 #dwts tour #jenna johnson #val chmerkovskiy #valenna #daniella karagach #pasha pashkov #emma slater #britt stewart #ezra sosa #rylee arnold #rome chmerkovskiy #nikita pashkova #instagram stories

[always-rolling-my-eyes]

Is Daniella officially the best choreographer out of all the pros?

#daniella karagach #dwts 32 #dancing with the stars 32 #dwts #dancing with the stars

[allinmycorner]

Welcome to Night Two of Week 5! This time, our contestants talked about their prom experiences as Dancing With the Stars threw a prom in the middle of October!

We also had the return of the dance marathon. The remaining eleven couples first danced the hustle as the judges voted for which couple to remove one by one. Daniel and Britt were the first casualties, earning only one additional point. The longer the couple stayed in, the more points they got. After Wayne and Witney were tagged out, the couples switched to the lindyhop and could leave their assigned squares. In the end, it came down to Shangela and Gleb and Jessie and Alan. And Jessie and Alan won, winning eleven additional points as well as the titles of Prom Queen and King.

So who had the prom of a lifetime and who had one they'd rather forget? Let's check it out!

(Note: While the show combined the scores for the two nights, I did not so my standings will look different from the ones on the show).

Joseph and Daniella: I'm not very surprised Joseph ended up going home this week. We're now reaching the point where people are going to go home, no matter how much they've improved or how likeable they are. At least he gets to go out on his cha-cha to "Shut Up and Dance," which was a lot of fun and a high point for him.

Gabby and Val: Gabby got the season's first official perfect score! (Selma's score the night before did not count and was mostly symbolic). She danced a tango to "Good Girls Go Bad" and while Gabby is technically good, she still needs to bring more emotion into her routines. But now that she's reached the top, can she stay there or will someone dethrone her if she's not careful?

Charli and Mark: Charli did not tie with Gabby and Wayne this week! In fact, she came in right behind them before the marathon and her extra points pushed her up the leaderboard again. But she had a fun jive routine to "You Make My Dreams by Hall & Oates. She and Mark have an easy chemistry that really helps with their routines and Charli just keeps wowing everyone week after week.

Shangela and Gleb: Shangela has come into her own and has been declared an honorary fly girl after her cha-cha to "Waiting for Tonight." Shangela and Gleb had a a good mix of performance and technical skills for a wonderful routine. She may be the best positioned to possibly upend our front runners and could hoist the mirrorball trophy with Gleb if she continues to improve like she has.

Wayne and Witney: Wayne also got his first perfect score, the second of the competition, with his samba to "It Takes Two." The dance went well with the song and Wayne nailed the rather difficult dance. He had a lot of fun with it and continues to be the best male dancer in the competition. He could be the one hoisting the mirrorball and if he's not, he's likely going to be the one standing next to the couple hoisting it because I think he can make it all the way.

Jessie and Alan: This probably was Jessie's best dance but I do consider the Viennese waltz one of the easier dances. (With the caveat that I am not a dancer). And she is higher up since she was Prom Queen and got 11 points. She really shined in the hustle and the lindyhop so brava to her. Could this be the turning point for her? Only time will tell.

Heidi and Artem: Heidi did a jazz routine to "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and brought some early 90s to the ballroom. She did struggle a bit and had a few missteps but it was still fun to watch. Especially as Artem decided to dress as a nerd who got to dance with the cool girl. Interesting take but still a pretty good routine. And Heidi did last longer than her daughter in the dance marathon, so she gets to have some bragging rights this week.

Trevor and Emma: Trevor broke the bottom two streak! He was not in the bottom two and bounced back with a good jive to "Basket Case." He invoked his punk stage and looked very sexy, if you ask me. I hope this is good sign for Trevor and he'll continue to dance for a bit longer.

Jordin and Brandon: Jordin danced a contemporary dance to her own song, "No Air." She went to prom the same year she released the song and it played at her prom, with the spotlight on her. But her classmates were not impressed by it at all. So she got to reclaim that moment with a light but beautiful contemporary piece with Brandon. Jordin is still one of my favorites and I can't help but root for her, especially when she leads a singalong of her song in the skybox.

Daniel and Britt: I liked Daniel's cha-cha to "Sexyback" but it seems the judges disagreed with me. I hope he isn't losing the momentum. He really could be the dark horse instead of Trevor on the men's side but he needs to stay consistent. I love watching him dance and hope I can continue to do so for a bit longer.

Vinny and Koko: This was probably Vinny's best dance and his chance to go to prom since he didn't get to go to his. He and Koko danced to "You and Me" and looked very gracefully. But as I've noted, I find it hard to mess up the waltz unless you just stand there while your partner dances around you. But Vinny has been giving it his all, which is impressive. Does it mean he should win? Probably not. But he'll be interesting to watch until he's eliminated.

Our double show week is now over! Next time, Michael Buble will pop in as a guest judge while the remaining couples dance to his music.

See you then!

#dancing with the stars #season 31 #joseph baena #daniella karagach

[dwtsfun]

Dancing with the Stars Season 32 Week 3: Motown and I Have a Confession

So listen. It has taken everything in me to sit down and get this done this week. And I have to say that this recap is not gonna be your typical recap. I'm not really gonna talk about any of the dances because I have no desire to do so. I'm bored and it's the first time I have EVER felt like this show. I stop tweeting about it halfway through. I stop watching and leave to go home. My attention is pulled by twitch, tik tok, twitter and other things. I'm just not feeling it this year. Nothing is hitting the way that it should and it has.

So can we talk? Let's talk. I'm gonna just be honest here. I feel like this is a bad cast. Or maybe they paired them off wrong? Idk, but it is not working and that's the main problem. Outside of Barry and Peta, Lele and Brandon and Jason and Daniella, I don't care for any of these couples. None of them excite me. They're either a redux of a past partnership or they're so mismatched that the energy is completely off. It's really affecting the show.

I think I'm also ready to talk about hosting now. It's very dry. I'm so sorry. I know y'all hated Tyra, for whatever reason, but even with the problems (not all her fault), she kept the show interesting. I don't feel any interest when I'm watching Alfonso and Julianne. And y'all know that I love Julianne. She's my girl. But I don't think she works in a hosting capacity. I think she's much better as a judge. I would've much rather had her be the fourth judge and grab another past contestant with hosting experience to be with Alfonso. Why not have Vanessa Lachey? Maybe Jeannie Mai or Amanda Kloots as well. I know both of them are busy on other networks, but still. I just don't think hosting is the best fit for Julianne. I'm gonna continue to give her grace and let her grow as the season goes, but there's a concern for me there. Also Alfonso is not hosting the way I would've expected him to. He's not a stand up comedian, but he's witty and I feel like I'm expecting him to do more than he's doing. Idk. Hosting is hard so I'm going to give them both grace. But I am truly bored.

Now let me talk about the judging. I'm noticing that the judges are being very hard with scoring on the bottom scoring couples and being extremely lenient with the top 4 dancers this season. No one this season is good enough to be getting 9s right now. The best dance of the night was Jason and his feet were atrocious. 9s weren't deserved. Xochitl got some weird things happening with her legs. Ariana is still a bit of a mess. Charity is very stiff. You would think from their comments that those 4 are lightyears above Lele and they're really not. Jason is the only one that has separated himself and it's because 1) his quality of movement is so good and 2) Daniella is the best choreographer and pro on the show right now. But he's not at 9 level yet. So if he's not there, no one else should be getting anything more than a combo of 8s and 7s (no one but Jason deserved straight 8s). It's okay to not have celebs be the far out best of the season. Back in season 12, it took a while for Hines and Chelsea to separate from the pack. And even with that, Romeo, Ralph and Kirstie were all right there and Kendra started making a charge for the top right when she got eliminated. It's okay to not have an established frontrunner in week 2 and 3. I wish the show would be okay with that too.

Now as far as the judges' save is concerned, I'm not upset by it bot being around. That's how DWTS was up until season 28 when they shifted things due to the shenanigans of season 27. They were trying to make corrections so we never had a Bobby win or a semi-final Joe appearance ever again. That was the wrong correction to make though. The correction should be made with the judges scoring properly. But that's not what I wanted to talk about in regards to the judges' save. I want to talk about voting. Many of you don't know this, but I don't get to see the show "live". I live in the Mountain Time Zone and we get the show an hour after it actually begins. So I have to do blind voting in order to actually be able to vote for couples before they shut it down for the night. The Western Zone doesn't even get to see a single couple before the show closes voting. I personally hate that fact, so I just don't vote, period. I wish they would just do it like they used to, keep voting open for an hour after the show ends FOR YOUR TIME ZONE and combine the previous week's votes with the current week's scores to eliminate couples. That way ALL of our voices are heard and not just Eastern and Central time zones and those of us that remember to get to the voting platform before 7:55pm EST. With Disney+ being stupid and showing the show when it airs on regular TV, I just gave up on voting. Like what's the point of having it stream if you're still gonna stagger the start times? Please get real.

This would've been a good topic to have a twitter space about. Anyway, I'm just kinda bored with the show and I'm not feeling excited. I'm not even really feeling anything. Even when I was frustrated with the show, I still felt something. This season? I'm feeling very blah about it all. I'm apathetic. And that's the worst way you can make anyone feel about your product.

Like I said, a different type of review. I didn't really care for the dances this week and was dreading having to write about them. Hopefully next week will be better. I'm skeptical though cuz it's Disney week and it's the same 7 or 8 songs we always get with a couple new ones thrown in. Maybe I'll talk about the failure of Disney week for the next recap if I'm still not feeling it. And maybe up until then, I'll post Disney songs that have not been used, that would be perfect and their dance styles. I wanna spice things up because this season is not it.

#dancing with the stars #dwts #jason mraz #daniella karagach #season 32

[skyhawkstragedy]

Those first two counts of Jason’s dance are much better than the last three dances combined

#dwts 32 #dancing with the stars #jason mraz #Daniella karagach #daniella is a miracle worker