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"DWTS" Week 2 Recap: The First Cut Is the Deepest

“Dancing With the Stars” doesn’t mess around—we’re only two weeks in and the eliminations have already begun. Not to mention, it seems like everyone is injured. But the show must go on, as it did last night. After all, there’s a Mirrorball at stake! From the rhinestones, to the spray tans, to the first elimination […]

"DWTS" Week 1 Recap: Dancing in [an ABC Studio Version of] the Street

It’s fall! The leaves are changing, everything everywhere is pumpkin-spice flavored—and “Dancing with the Stars” is back on the air. For the 25th time. Season TWENTY-FIVE, y’all: Here we go. To get us excited about the latest crop of freshly spray-tanned celebrities, “DWTS” opened its premiere episode last night with a jam-packed number that felt […]

And the "DWTS" Season 25 Pros Are…

Drumroll, please! It’s crazy to think that it’s “Dancing with the Stars” time again. Wasn’t it just a few days ago that Rashad Jennings was crowned the Season 24 winner? (Tbh, we’re still mourning Normani Kordei’s loss—not to mention Heather Morris’ very, very premature exit.) Ah, how time flies when TV’s crowded with fabulous dance […]

"DWTS" Week 7: Eras Night

If it wasn’t already clear that a decades theme is never wrong, this week’s “Dancing with the Stars” episode officially proved it. Eras Night was just so fun to watch (the costumes! the stories! the group dances!). The couples performed pieces based on various time periods—from the Roaring Twenties alllll the way to the 90s—and […]

"DWTS" Week 5: Switch-Up Night

Last night’s “Dancing with the Stars” had all the ingredients that make this show so delicious: Minor drama! Major sparkles! Inter-partner flirting that may or may not have been real! (Work that romance angle, Alek Skarlatos and Emma Slater.) Yes, it was switch-up night on “DWTS,” and as usual, the partner swapping generated a flurry […]

When the "DWTS" Pros ARE the Stars

Here’s the thing about “Dancing with the Stars”: These days, it seems like the pros have become celebrities in their own right, shining just as bright as the starlets and boy-banders and Olympic athletes they partner. And how great is that? In what other context could world-class ballroom dancers achieve such huge mainstream fame? Just […]

Mastering the Quick Change

At performance time, nothing beats the feeling of hearing your musical cue—unless you’re hearing it from the dressing room! Keeping track of your shoes, tights, headpieces and costumes for every number (not to mention the choreography) can be overwhelming. We caught up with professional dancers—and a Broadway wardrobe supervisor—who have mastered the art of the […]