'94 Dancesport Cohort
Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, Live to Dance, World of Dance...there's been no shortage of dance on TV this past decade. This post reviews ballroom / Latin dancers born early-mid '90's (especially '93-'95) who began training pre-Dance TV, competed Junior & Youth age circuits during its rise and peak, and debuted on TV starting as kids. The '94 Dancesport cohort bridged the preceding generation who unexpectedly benefited from TV; and subsequent generations who aspired to TV their entire dance lives.
'94 Dancesport Cohort in Junior Level 1
First, a preview: 2006 USA Nationals Junior I Finals (full results) with Brandon & Brittany (orange dress), Kiril & Natella (black dress w/ red bow), Cole & Anna (white shirt / pink dress), Austin & Liza (white shirt / blue dress), Landon & Vashti (tall blondes), Eugene & Meah (red dress). Most subsequently appeared on Dancing with the Stars or So You Think You Can Dance...Early DWTS Appearances
Eugene & Meah were part of a 2007 Champion Kids Performance - video ➤- featuring Anthony Kinevsky & Natasha Shevchenko, Eugene Reznik & Solomeah Burstein, Jason Shmelnik & Helen Demetsky
Brandon & Brittany and Austin & Liza took part in the
2008 Season 6 Junior Competition - Good Morning America recap ➤
- Austin Joson & Liza Lakovitsky - intro ➤
- Prior appearance on PBS' America's Ballroom Challenge - video ➤
- Brandon Armstrong & Brittany Cherry (overall winners) - intro
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and final round: - also competed: Aaron Altman & Rashell Khalfin, Jaryd Farcon & Cara Abaya-campos, Aaron Krumer & Daniela Olevsky, Dmitriy Slobodskiy & Michelle Kaplansky
- also scheduled: Kiril Kulish & Natella Devitskaya (did not appear)
'94 Dancesport Cohort in Junior Level 2
By 2009 Junior II Nationals (full results) there had been some re-partnering. Competitors include: Brandon & Lindsay, Vlad Kvartin & Maria, (white shirt / white dress), Austin & Gabriella (gold dress), and Landon & Vashti (tall ginger male).Special DWTS Performances
Brandon and Brittany returned to DWTS in 2011 for a Season 10Mark Ballas Student Performance featuring:
- Brandon Armstrong, Nick Bloxsom Carter, Brock Bodily, Tynan Hamilton, Trey Jackson
- Lindsay Arnold, Tanisha Belnap, Witney Carson, Brittany Cherry, Kelsey Pino
They returned for Season 15's Spotlight on Utah Talent led by Mark & Chelsie with:
- Landon Anderson, Brandon Armstrong, Nick Bloxom Carter, Marcquet Hill, Ruger Memmott
- Jensen Arnold, Tanisha Belnap, Brittany Cherry, Brooklyn Fullmer, Jenna Johnson
- Tanisha also appeared in Season 11's Toxic Duel with Mark, Val, & Lacey ➤
Meanwhile...
- Kiril Kulish performed on Broadway as Billy Elliot in 2008-09
- TV preview with ballroom mention: CBS Sunday ➤ - Paul Karmiryan won 2011 So You Think You Can Dance Armenia
- Born mid-'91, but strongly associated with the '94 cohort
- Armenian TV clips: Samba ➤ - Winner announced ➤
'94 Dancesport Cohort in Youth Competition
Video forthcoming...So You Think You Can Dance USA
...has featured several Utah and DWTS dancers, especially since 2012:- Season 9 2012 Lindsay SYTYCD audition ➤ with Brandon
- Season 9 2012 Witney SYTYCD audition ➤ wth Marcquet Hill
- Season 9 Ballroom Intro with Lindsay, Witney, and Nick Bloxom Carter
- Season 10 2013 Jenna SYTYCD audition ➤ with Landon Anderson
- Season 10 2013 Paul SYTYCD audition ➤
- Season 10 Ballroom Intro with Jenna, Brittany, Paul, and Alan Bersten
- Season 11 2014 Landon Anderson SYTYCD audition ➤ with Jenna
- Season 11 2014 Marcquet Hill & Brooklyn Fullmer SYTYCD audtion ➤
- Season 11 2014 Tanisha Belnap SYTYCD solo audtion ➤
- Season 11 2014 Brandon SYTYCD audition ➤ with Jensen Arnold
- Season 15 2018 Cole Mills SYTYCD audition ➤ w/ Natella Devitskaya
DWTS Troupe Reunions
- Lindsay, Witney, Jenna, Alan, & Brandon have been DWTS Pros
- Brittany, Vlad, & Kiril have been DWTS Troupe
- Season 16 New Pros & Troupe - with Lindsay & Witney
- Season 20 Troupe bumper - Lindsay, Jenna, Brittany (and guest Cheyenne Murillo of their Utah generation):
- Season 22 Troupe bumper - with Jenna, Alan, & Kiril
- Season 24 Troupe - with Alan, Brittany, Brandon (and SYTYCD alum Hayley Erbert):
- Season 27 Troupe - with Vlad Kvartin
Additional '94 Cohort Featured on DWTS
- Season 7 Junior Competition featuring:
- Craig Abaya-campos & Samantha Abaya-campos (overall winners, Season 6 Cara's siblings) - Finals ➤
- Also: Anthony Kinevsky & Alisa Gerstein; Kirill Skipalskiy & Hanna Sverdlov; Mitchell Itkin & Jessica Dubizansky; Mitchell Leyzerzon & Maria Khasminsky; Simon Orlovsky & Lucy Chibukhchyan
- DWTS Ballroom Battle 2011-12 web-based series:
- Finals ➤ - Live ABC Results
- Ron Garber & Ashley Goldman, Allen Genkin & Alla Kocherga (overall winners), Phillip Kudryavtsev & Elizabeth Satarov
- Semi-Finals -
- Brandon & Lindsay, Daniel Gonzalez & Brittany Cherry - video ➤, Brandon Segovia & Serena Pav
- Earlier rounds -
- Karina vs Cheryl battle ➤ - ending ➤
- Maksym Kapitanchuk & Elena Krifuks, Vahe Khachunts & Natella Devitskaya, Calin Dixon
- Note: I did not find video of the Tony vs Lacey nor Mark vs Louis battles.
Live to Dance
- The Vibe - Semi-Finalists ➤ - Finalists ➤ - Finals performance ➤
- with many familiar faces
- D'Angelo Castro & Amanda Carbajales (overall winners)
- audition ➤ - final performance ➤
World of Dance
Pasha technically belongs to a strong '85-'86 cohort of Dance TV ballroom males with Derek Hough, Mark Ballas, Val Chmerkovskiy, and Denys Drozyduk. Note that Derek is a judge on World of Dance and Denys has appeared on WOD with wife Antonina.
Other Appearances
The Next Generation
- D'Angelo & Amanda represent a younger generation of dancers, best covered in a (possibly future) separate post.
- An even younger generation features in the 2018 DWTS Junior edition.
