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Pasodoble on ice: Luca Lanotte & Anna Cappellini

Poster for a bull fight in Barcelona

Pasodoble (literal meaning in Spanish: double-step) is a typical dance from Spain march-like musical style as well as the corresponding dance style danced by a couple. It is the type of music typically played in bullfights during the bullfighters' entrance to the ring (paseo) or during the passes (faena) just before the kill. It corresponds to the Pasodoble dance (traditional and ballroom).

Paso Doble or pasodoble is a lively style of dance to the duple meter march-like pasodoble music. It is modeled after the sound, drama, and movement of the Spanish and Portuguese bullfight.

Famous bullfighters have been honored with pasodoble tunes named after them. Other tunes have been inspired by patriotic motifs or local characters.

Famous pasodobles[link]

• Amparito Roca
• El Beso
• El gato montés ("Wild Cat") from the opera with the same name
• El Relicario
• España Cañí ("Gipsy Spain")
• Islas Canarias named after Canary Islands.
• La Gracia de Dios^[1]
• Manizales del Alma
• Manolete, named after Manolete.
• La Morena de mi Copla
• Plaza de las Ventas
• Paquito el Chocolatero. The tune has a dance of its own.
• Sombreros y Mantilles
• Suspiros de España
• Que Viva España
• Valencia
• La Virgen de la Macarena

Dance[link]

Traditional[link]

Amparito Roca being played by a wind band

Pasodoble is based on music played at bullfights during the bullfighters' entrance (paseo) or during the passes (faena) just before the kill. The leader of this dance plays the part of the matador. The follower generally plays the part of the matador's cape, but can also represent the shadow of the matador, as well as the bull or a flamenco dancer in some figures. Its origin dates back to a French military march with the name “Paso Redoble.” This was a fast paced march, which is why this is a fast-paced Latin American dance modeled after the Spanish bull fight. Bull fighting was well-known around this time.

Ballroom[link]

A significant number of Paso Doble songs are variants of España Cañi. The song has breaks in fixed positions in the song (two breaks at syllabus levels,^{[clarification needed]} three breaks and a longer song at Open levels). Traditionally Paso Doble routines are choreographed to match these breaks, as well as the musical phrases. Accordingly, most other ballroom Paso Doble tunes are written with similar breaks (those without are simply avoided in most competitions).

Because of its inherently choreographed tradition, ballroom Paso Doble for the most part is danced only competitively, almost never socially — or at least not without sticking to some sort of previously learned routine. This said, in Spain, France, Vietnam, Colombia, Costa Rica and some parts of Germany to the west of the river Rhine, it is danced socially as a lead (not choreographed) dance. In Venezuela, Paso Doble is a must in almost every wedding or big party, being especially famous the song Guitarra Española by Los Melódicos.

Notes[link]

External links[link]

• Maestro Manuel Lillo 'Plaza de las Ventas' Score

Michael Malitowski is a ballroom dancer, the former professional World Latin Dance Champion, with his partner Joanna Leunis. Michael (christened Michał) was born 28 May 1980, in Zielona Góra, Poland. His partnership with Leunis has, since 2002, resulted in a string of victories, culminating in the world Latin championship in 2008.^[1][2] Before that, he won the Polish Latin dance championship four times with Iwona Golczak.^[3][4]

References[link]

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Joanna Leunis, born 22 May 1981 in Rocourt, Liège, Belgium, is a professional ballroom dancer. With Michael Malitowski, she is a former professional World Latin Dance Champion and International Latin American Dance Champion; the couple represented Poland until 2011, representing England from then on. As a young person of 8, she suffered from a blood disease similar to leukemia, but recovered after over a year in bed.^[1] She is a well-educated woman who speaks French, English, Dutch and German, and is working on learning Italian. She has training in ballet, tap and standard ballroom as well as latin dances. She had several partners before Malitowski: at 18, she won the World Amateur Latin Championship, with Slavik Kryklyvyy.and later on she won the WDC World Professional Latin Championship for 2 consecutive years (2008-2009)and now she enjoys her victory in last years competition in Blackpool 2011 and WDC World European Championship (Professional division)2011.And now she won in Uk Professional Latin Championship 2012. She is looking forward for the WDC World Professional Latin Championship 2012 that will be held in Innsbuck, Austria and get back her crown as the world Champion.

Her record in partnership with Malitowski includes wins in all the most important latin dance championships.^[2] As competition dancers, they specialise entirely in the latin dance events.

References[link]

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Derek Hough
Derek Hough in 2009
Born	(1985-05-17) May 17, 1985 (age 27) Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Occupation	Dancer, actor, singer-songwriter, musician, choreographer, director
Years active	2007–present

Derek Hough ( /ˈhʌf/; born May 17, 1985) is an American dancer, choreographer, musician and actor. A world champion in Latin American Dance, Hough has appeared since September 2007 (Seasons 5 - 11 and Season 13) on the hit U.S. television series Dancing with the Stars, where he is currently a three-time champion (with Brooke Burke, Nicole Scherzinger, and Jennifer Grey), one-time finalist (with Ricki Lake), three-time semi-finalist (with Jennie Garth, Joanna Krupa, and Maria Menounos), and a quarter-finalist (with Lil' Kim). Hough has earned three Creative Arts Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Choreography (2009^[1] and 2010 ^[2]) for his work on the show.

Prior to joining Dancing with the Stars, Hough starred as Ren in the 2006 original cast production of Footloose: The Musical at the Novelo Theatre in London's West End, as well as on the 2006 U.K. national tour. Hough's West End performance earned him a nomination as The Stuart Phillips London Newcomer of the Year in the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards.^[3] Hough made his Broadway debut on January 8, 2010, starring with Kym Johnson and Mary Murphy in Burn the Floor for the final four performances of the show's Broadway run. A founding member of the Ballas Hough Band (formerly Almost Amy), Hough shares lead vocals, plays guitar and has several songwriting credits on the band's self-titled debut CD, released by Hollywood Records in March 2009.

Early life[link]

Hough grew up one of five children in Sandy, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City.^[4] He has four sisters, Sharee, Marabeth, Katherine and Julianne. His sister Julianne Hough is also a professional dancer and actress. All four of Hough's grandparents were dancers, and his parents met while on a ballroom dancing team in college, in Idaho.

When Hough was twelve, his parents sent him to London to live and study with dance coaches, Corky and Shirley Ballas. Hough's sister Julianne joined him in London several months later. Originally intending to stay for a year, Hough remained in London for ten years. (Julianne returned after five years.) The Ballases helped tutor the two Hough children alongside their own son, Mark Ballas, schooling them at the Italia Conti Academy. They received training in song, theater, gymnastics and many forms of dance, including jazz, ballet and tap. The three children formed their own pop music trio 2B1G ("2 Boys, 1 Girl") and performed at dance competitions in the UK and the U.S., and showcased UK television show.^[5][6]

Dancing[link]

He attended and subsequently taught at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.

Hough played the role of Ren McCormack in both the UK Tour and the West-End of Footloose the Musical, which ran from April until November 2006.

Before this, Hough's theatre work included playing the lead in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Millfield Theatre, and dancing in the company in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium.

Hough is a former IDSF World Youth Latin Champion (2002) for Poland with Aneta Piotrowska. He has won the LA Outstanding Dancer of the Year and the New York Dance Alliance Outstanding Dance awards.^[6]

Hough is one of Bruno Tonioli's panelists on BBC One's DanceX, the first episode of which aired on July 14, 2007.^[7] Hough choreographed and performed in Cheryl Cole's Parachute music video, after being introduced to her by Tonioli.

[edit] Dancing with the Stars

Hough made his first appearance on Dancing With The Stars in Season 4 (Week 6) as a guest instructor with Julianne and Apolo Anton Ohno. He then joined the cast of professional instructors in Season 5 of Dancing With The Stars and was paired with Jennie Garth. Hough and Garth competed in the semi-finals and were the ninth couple eliminated from the competition.

For Season 6, Hough was paired with actress Shannon Elizabeth. They were eliminated from the show in week 7.

For Season 7, Hough was partnered with model/TV host Brooke Burke. In rehearsal on October 4, 2008, Hough tripped and fell, hitting his head on the floor and momentarily blacked out. He was sent to the hospital, but sustained no injuries.^[8] Hough and Burke earned the mirror ball trophy and won Season 7.

For Season 8, Hough was paired with rapper Lil' Kim. They were eliminated from the show in week 9.

For Season 9, Hough was partnered with model Joanna Krupa. They were eliminated during week 9, the semi-finals, on November 17, 2009, finishing fourth.

For Season 10, Hough won with partner Nicole Scherzinger, the lead singer from the singing group Pussycat Dolls^[9] and former member of Eden's Crush.

For Season 11, Hough won with actress Jennifer Grey, known for her film roles on Dirty Dancing and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

For Season 13, Hough was partnered with actress and TV Host Ricki Lake, known best as the original Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray. Lake scored consistently high the whole season and shockingly ended up in third place.

For Season 14, Hough partnered with television personality Maria Menounos. In Week 7, the couple surprisingly earned the first 30 of the season and topped the leaderborad the first time the season. The couple made it to the semi-finals but were shockingly eliminated after they finished at the top of the leaderboard. Maria is the second celebrity in Dancing With the Stars history to be eliminated on a night where she came in first place with the judges. The first being Willa Ford in season 3.

Hough's current DWTS pro average is 26.21. Joanna Krupa's Argentine Tango is not included in his average.

He is the first professional dancer to ever win three Mirror Ball Trophies.

It was announced by Access Hollywood that Derek would not be returning to the 12th season of Dancing with the Stars to be a part of the film Cobu 3D but he did return for season 13. He has earned 18 perfect scores of 30s and 103 perfect 10s over the seasons.

Performance history[link]

Season 5: Celebrity partner Jennie Garth (Average - 25.7) Placed: 4th

Season 6: Celebrity partner Shannon Elizabeth (Average - 24.5) Placed: 6th

Season 7: Celebrity partner Brooke Burke (Average - 27.1) Placed: 1st

(*)Due to Len Goodman's absence in week 6 the 10 was awarded by stand-in guest judge Michael Flatley

Season 8: Celebrity partner Lil' Kim (Average - 25.8) Placed: 5th

Season 9: Celebrity partner Joanna Krupa (Average - 25.5) Placed: 4th

^* Due to Len Goodman's absence in week 2 the 7 was awarded by stand-in guest judge Baz Luhrmann.
^** Due to illness Derek Hough was unable to perform, Joanna Krupa performed this dance with Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

Season 10: Celebrity partner Nicole Scherzinger (Average - 27.5) Placed: 1st

Hough won Season 10 of Dancing with the Stars on May 25, 2010

Season 11: Celebrity partner Jennifer Grey (Average - 27.2) Placed: 1st

Season 13: Celebrity Partner Ricki Lake (Average - 26.7) Placed: 3rd

Season 14: Celebrity partner Maria Menounos (Average - 26.8) Placed: 4th

Hough and Jennifer Grey hold the most perfect scores in all 14 seasons of Dancing With the Stars. They won six perfect 30s. Hough and Grey won Season 11 of Dancing with the Stars on November 23, 2010.

Other[link]

Hough was an extra in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States), the film adaptation of British author J. K. Rowling's bestselling novel. He appeared in an uncredited role as a "Hogwarts schoolboy".^[10]

On April 25, 2011, Hough made a guest appearance as a dance instructor on Better With You.^[11]

Hough was a dancer in Cheryl Cole's music video for "Parachute" from Cole's debut studio album, 3 Words.

Hough will be starring with BoA in a movie titled Cobu 3D.^[12]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Derek Hough on Myspace

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Chelsie Hightower
Hightower in 2010
Born	Chelsie Kay Hightower (1989-07-21) July 21, 1989 (age 22) Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Occupation	Professional dancer/choreographer
Years active	1998–present

Chelsie Kay Hightower (born July 21, 1989) is a Latin ballroom dancer, who is best known for being a regular dance partner, trainer, and choreographer on the ABC competition show Dancing with the Stars.

Biography[link]

Born Chelsie Kay Hightower in Las Vegas, Nevada, and raised in Orem, Utah with five brothers and her mother, Laurie Hightower, she started dancing when she was nine years old, and received conventional training since the age of 14. Hightower performed in musical theatres across the United States. She was a U.S. Worlds finalist in 2005, and competed on Team USA. She graduated from Timpanogos High School, then attended Utah Valley University.^[1]

At 18, she made her television debut on season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance. She was eliminated from the U.S. reality TV show on July 31, 2008 after making it to the top 6.

Hightower joined the season-eight cast of Dancing with the Stars as a professional dancer, and was partnered with Ty Murray, a nine-time World Champion rodeo cowboy. On May 12, 2009, she and Murray were eliminated from the competition with a 4th place finish. Her partner for Season 9 was professional snowboarder Louie Vito. They were eliminated in week six of the competition, and came in 8th place. For Season 10 she was partnered with Bachelor Jake Pavelka. They were voted off in week five of the competition, and came in 7th place. She was paired with Michael Bolton in Season 11. The couple were eliminated in week two. For Season 12 she was partnered with rapper and actor Romeo Miller. They were eliminated in week eight of the competition, and came in 5th place. She was not on Season 13 (Fall 2011), but returned in Season 14 (Spring 2012) partnered with Disney Channel star Roshon Fegan. The couple was eliminated on Week 8, finishing in 6th place.

Hightower made an appearance in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Winter 2010 edition (pages 152 and 153) along with three other couples from Dancing with the Stars.^[2] On July 8, 2010, Chelsie received an Emmy nomination for the "Paso Doble/Malagueña" dance that she and Derek Hough performed and co-choreographed for Dancing with the Stars Season 10.^[3]

Hightower has performed with singer/songwriter Jewel (Ty Murray's wife) in concert on Jewel's hit "Hands."

Personal life[link]

Chelsie in April 2009

Chelsie has been teaching at Center Stage in Utah.

Hightower has her own clothing line through Sugar and Bruno and makeup line through Cliche Cosmetics.

[edit] So You Think You Can Dance performances

[edit] Dancing With the Stars performances

Chelsie's average score from all her partners is 20.6 points.

[edit] Season 8 : with Ty Murray (average : 22.4)

[edit] Season 9 : with Louie Vito (average : 18.8)

^* Due to Len Goodman's absence in week 2 the 7 was awarded by stand-in guest judge Baz Luhrmann.

[edit] Season 10 : with Jake Pavelka (average : 19.4)

[edit] Season 11 : with Michael Bolton (average : 14.0)

[edit] Season 12 : with Romeo Miller (average : 23.6)

• Scores for weeks 1 & 2 were combined and first results were revealed on March 29, 2011
• Week 7 guest judge Donnie Burns score is before Carrie Ann's
• Average score does not include guest judge's score on week 7

[edit] Season 14 : with Roshon Fegan (average : 25.7)

• Average score does not include marathon dance in week 6

References[link]

External links[link]

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