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Show Day at Dancing with the Stars (Unfiltered)

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Show Day at Dancing with the Stars (Unfiltered)

The dancer reflects on the nerves and excitement leading into a live performance of the "baby freeze" routine, a high-risk, signature move they’ve developed over time. Despite past falls and fear of failure, they channel confidence from their 20-year performance track record and personal experiences, especially from childhood. The routine is presented as both a personal milestone and a form of artistic expression, celebrated for its energy and visual impact. The episode follows a thematic shift from intense choreography to playful, free-form dancing, emphasizing contrast and fun. The dancer receives positive feedback on their execution, with suggestions to enhance the drop, stair movement, and theatrical flair. Personal vulnerability and camaraderie are highlighted, showing how trust and team support ease performance stress. The segment also includes a promotional message for the Seekheak app, offering fans 10% off tickets with code Alex10. Overall, the performance is framed as a joyful, authentic moment that blends personal journey, artistic risk, and live show excitement, marking a key moment in the season’s journey.

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If you haven't been for a second feel like you don't want to do it, just let me know. I went to the sauna for like a hour, went out and was searching for my back gain. My legs feel so much better now. Alright, let's go. I'm scared, especially for this first part, we have to get the camera angle right or my crotch is going to be out. And we're here, we're looking, we're gonna be like dancing the job. This week is a lot of fun because we're doing the job and it was Alex's idea to pay homage to I guess her fans that know her for throwing the smoke called the baby freeze. Which is something I've never seen a lady in stilettos pulled before. Here we are. She's a trailblazer. Baby freeze is my go-to party trick. It's like a little handstand, headstand, legs over your head. I don't know when I started doing that but I did. I'm channeling my Baron Davis and I'm just gaming on it. Someone dropped me when I was younger doing a trust full at recess so now I've such a few of them. So I was a big part of that in the beginning. But now I trust them hopefully. You are very courageous in a good way. That's why I know for. Even for a second feel like you don't want to do it, just let me know. I would say this is your idea so I can't. I don't think this is my idea. This wasn't your idea? I did bring it up but as a joke. I took it seriously. You still get the same kind of nerves? Yeah, on Saturday. It's like year one. One hundred percent. Really? It's so cool. Oh yeah, there you go. Mumble number five. Mumble number four. Exactly same nerves. I just I guess. Nerves are a beginning. The continuation of that now is 20th season as I have a track record I lean on. So I'm like, okay, trust your track record is what I tell myself. But yeah, same nerves, same feeling. I'm nervous. In your 20 years, anyone ever done what you're about to do? I've had some amazing partners in 20, 20 seasons. Not 20 years. Incredible partners. Incredible dancers, people, et cetera. Alice is all of that at once. Can I see you on your ones? Is it possible also to not get me lost on track? There are just a lot of that. It's anecdotes. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mumble number five. All right. Yeah. What should I do now? All right, we'll just get it right. That's in the jump. With the partner Valchemy Koski, it's Alex Er. Hey. Hands. It's better. How about one? Half the words go. There you go. Keep going. Let's see how it stays back there. That's even more. Again. Your body turns without the hand. It's not going to turn. Take that with you. I mean, that looks fucking dope. Yeah. Oh, God. Yeah, and your face isn't. Look at that. This whole season is worth literally just that as well. I'm going to frame that. The way to isolate that is by having strong still arms. If my arms are moving while I can't appreciate anything else. You know what I mean? I feel like we could make that part better. Yeah. Nice. Nice. Okay, let's go. You don't suck. It's nine in the morning. You're not warmed up. And you're dancing like that's it. That's it. Okay. You don't suck from my perspective either. Thanks, guys. You guys are so sweet. There you go. I don't know. I can't find my head. I look bold. Seriously. Okay, let me do this. Oh, here. This is good. Right here. No. My eyes are really sensitive. So something. That comes a little. This is worse. So one hit wonders night. What's one thing you've wondered? In general. Sometimes I wonder if that likes me. Really? Really me? That's easy. Of course I don't. Sometimes we'll watch our routine. We'll hear the song and then I'll come in and I'll be like, "Yo, can we add a drum here? Can we add an accent here? Just to amplify it?" So is there a way to add a little splash here? So just so you know, I'm jumping over her right at least. That's what you can do. You gentlemen, this is an awful number five. You want one on the drop, too? This is an awful number five. Okay. I'm James Brown and I go into my little James Brown split. What do we want? Or give me a horn. Wow. Wow. I don't know. Mmm. She wants it. Okay, now. Do you want to press that? That sounds like a bus. So she goes down out to 3-4-5. Happy Show Day. Just got to my trailer. So since we're going first in the show today, which is making me really nervous. We're going to rehearse first and then I'm going to do hair and makeup. I'm just feeling a little stressed out. Just a little. I just am really nervous about falling in this baby freeze because I did fall during the show yesterday. And I'm scared like with the nerves. I'm just going to like, topple over, but it's a bit. We're on a floating rock. Nothing matters. It's not that deep. We're starting with makeup. It's awesome. She's making me look amazing. And we're doing really fun like green 70s vibes for today. Because it's like we're coming out of the club. Mummo number five. We just had a few cocktails and then we're busting down on the dance floor. You look amazing. Are you wearing notes for the dance? For the bumper. This is like so studio 54. This is so good. I love it. Wait a minute. I want to walk in the 20 minutes. Thank you. Thank you so much. I'm going to puke. So you're going to voice over. Yes. This whole thing. Do you want me to voice over as this guy? Or back? Just back. We don't need all of him. This is a lot of pressure. I know. So I woke up looking at the arms of everything on the shave. Okay. Oh my god. What do we think? It looks like I sell bananas on the black market. That's what it looks like. Feeling nervous. You are? Feeling nervous until I put this freaking outfit on. I'm chilling. Yeah. Usually we go by. So the theme of the week is one-have-wonder. Then we, you know, that kind of starts it. We go through a list of songs. Then we try to figure out what style those songs are. A lot of times they clash. A lot of times they compliment each other. And then I go by kind of the overall season, right? Like the flow of the season. Like we don't want to be intense all the time. So we had an intense number. I'd really like to follow that out by something a little more fun. A little bit more free. So my mobile number file was just a great contrast to the really spicy Britney Spears circus. So now we're doing the jive. And as you can see, it's very different. Yes. I don't want to go to the grocery. I'm not ready. You're never ready. It's never going to be ready. So I'm just going to try some of the bomb. Yeah. I mean, focus on. Come on. Come on. Thank you very much. I feel like James Bond. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Well with Lisa on now. We're both serving green. This way. Oh, no. It's so bright. I know we do. We do look like Christmas. Happy holiday. Yeah. We've got this going. I know. Is yours heavy? It's very heavy. We look great. We're going first. Oh. That's like my worst. Oh. I'm going first. I'm going first. I'm going first. Oh. Oh. I'm like, please do your job. Remember, there's a reason you're opening a shop. Like, that's the reason you go. Right? Yeah. Yes. Like, I feel like in the first ten seconds of the show is when you have the brush of nerves. Because it's just starting. And then I'm just going to be like, oh, baby, freeze and don't fall. Can we go to this floor and run it? Yeah. Yeah. In this sky box crane, we've got Alts and Val first, Jordan and Ezra, Elaine and Alan. Hey, guys. We're just admiring the deal. Thirty seconds, folks. Here we go. Ten seconds. Eight. Seven. Six. Five. Four. Three. Two. Four. That's even the job. With the partner, Val Chimankowski, it's Alex Earl. Please. This is Gerald, this is you who will lose five. - If all that. - Nice, good face. - Ah! - No one sees you in Elbowman Challenge. - Nine, eight, one, two, one, two, seven. - Right here. - Oh! - Oh! - Whoa! - That's the last beat. - Can I give you feedback first? You killed his drop, look how sick we look, and you get up, and it's like, it's about this special. - Well, I'll be outside there. - Okay, okay. And I don't know if that's because you're in your head about how well you did or the mistakes that you made, or hit 'em in? - 45 seconds. - But this is not the time. - Hang on, hang on. - And I don't want you to fake it either. - Well, I'm gonna be so happy. - Okay, I hope, okay, okay, I just wanna make sure. - I'm just out of breath tonight. - Okay, okay, (beep) - But like, down the stairs, like, like a little more? - This is how you come out of the club. I mean, the truth is, yes, you do. - I'm like gesturing my burpato. You should definitely do that, like, okay? Should it be more extravagant up top? - Yeah. - Without the running? - Yeah. I'm not running down the stairs, huh? - You know, like pretend you got diamond rings on. Yeah, it'd definitely be a little more sassy. There you go. - Okay. - And then I baby freeze. - Out. - It's your dance. You do anything you want. - You're ready to fly. Fly. - One of your toes. - And finishing your arms. We have lots of energy. (beep) - We need more friends, more friends. - You don't tell us what you got or what you got. - Yeah. - It's so fun. - Yeah. - It's so fun. - Hey. - Hey, how are you? - Oh, I'm so excited. - I'm so excited. - What do you perform? - I actually don't tell anyone. I say, "What do you perform?" And then I say, "Don't tell me." - Yeah. - I am busy. - Yeah. - It's so excited. - I believe. - No, I can't believe. - No, what? What are you going to do? - Oh, I'm first. Period. - It's not. - Why? - It's like, apparently, no one wants me. - Wait. - And then you get an album. - Yeah. - You have to get some supplies, yeah. - Well, we're first tonight and I'm so excited. - I am. - And I'll wait to see that. Oh, my God, I've never been to something like that. - Wow. - I see that warm. (laughing) - That's my other party trick. No one knows about the baby freeze. I've been very secretive about all my dances, but it's fun. Like, I want my friends to watch and be like, like, it's not as fun as I tell them I'm a baby freezing. - So they're gonna freak out. - Yeah. - You look great. - I think I'll enjoy it, huh? - Having fun. - Yeah, just think. - You're bleeding. - That's what I'm thinking. It's one minute. It's one minute. I can get these, like, fucking real popcorn. - And you're doing so great. You're with one of the best. Enjoy. - Yeah. - You really? - Thank you. So do you guys. - We're gonna kill it. - Yep. - So it's officially dancing with the stars week two and we have the live show again tonight. And it's just been so crazy. Honestly, the schedule of going to rehearsals and practice. So I do wanna prioritize making time to hang out with my friends and do some things outside of dance just to, like, get my mind off of it. For example, this weekend, I'm seeing Tate McCrye and L.I. with Jake and I cannot wait. So I want to give a shout out to Seekheak because with over 35 million downloads, they are the number one ticketing app for festivals, concerts, events, and more. I love using the app to find shows in my area. So get your plans out of the group chat this fall and use code Alex10 for 10% off your Seekheak tickets. That's 10% off tickets with promo code Alex10. Make sure you click the link in the description to download the app and have the code automatically added to your account. So that you can use it later. And I want you guys to let me know what events and plans you guys are looking for on Seekheak because your girls trying to make some plum plans this fall. Thank you Seekheak. Okay, let's almost show time. (beep) (crowd chattering) (crowd cheering) (crowd applauding) (crowd cheering) Ladies and gentlemen, this is really beautiful. (crowd cheering) (upbeat music) (crowd cheering) (crowd cheering) (crowd cheering) (crowd cheering) - It's so fun. - Oh my God. (crowd cheering) - What do you do guys for all your help? - Make sure you hit the floor, man. - Just a surprise. (crowd cheering) - All right. - Cory, thank you. - By the way, let's keep talking about that. - We gotta get this guy a camera real quick. - Oh no, I don't know. - Come here. - This is the man that makes it all happen. - Oh no, they're the one. - Sweetest guy in the world. - He's the Alex and Val Shepherd. - The Shepa. - He heard us around the lot. I appreciate your help. - Get up, go. - You did amazing. You did amazing. We're gonna keep it up. This is just the beginning. - Thank you. - Just the beginning. - You have to say that the coffee was a little warm. It was a little cold. - Okay, we got notes. - Signing off. Goodbye, see you next week.

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. The dancer expresses nervousness about performing the "baby freeze" routine, especially due to past falls and the pressure of live show expectations.
  2. The "baby freeze" is described as a signature, high-risk dance move that originated from a childhood experience and has become a personal and playful performance style.
  3. The episode highlights a themed week focused on musical variety and style contrast, transitioning from intense routines to more playful, free-form dance numbers like the jive.
  4. The performance is praised for its energy, execution, and visual appeal, with specific feedback on improving the drop, stair movement, and overall theatricality.
  5. The dancer shares personal anecdotes of self-doubt and vulnerability, emphasizing courage and authenticity in performance.
  6. A live show rehearsal is framed as both a challenge and a milestone, with the dancer relying on experience and confidence from 20 seasons of performance.
  7. The segment includes promotional content for the app Seekheak, with a discount code for fans to use for event tickets.
  8. The performance is celebrated as a moment of artistic expression and connection, reflecting both personal growth and shared excitement among the team.

Summary:

The dancer reflects on the nerves and excitement leading into a live performance of the "baby freeze" routine, a high-risk, signature move they’ve developed over time. Despite past falls and fear of failure, they channel confidence from their 20-year performance track record and personal experiences, especially from childhood. The routine is presented as both a personal milestone and a form of artistic expression, celebrated for its energy and visual impact.

The episode follows a thematic shift from intense choreography to playful, free-form dancing, emphasizing contrast and fun. The dancer receives positive feedback on their execution, with suggestions to enhance the drop, stair movement, and theatrical flair. Personal vulnerability and camaraderie are highlighted, showing how trust and team support ease performance stress.

The segment also includes a promotional message for the Seekheak app, offering fans 10% off tickets with code Alex10. Overall, the performance is framed as a joyful, authentic moment that blends personal journey, artistic risk, and live show excitement, marking a key moment in the season’s journey.

FAQs

The 'baby freeze' is a dance move involving a handstand, headstand, and legs over the head. It's significant because it's a unique, flashy move that showcases confidence and agility, and the performer has kept it a secret, adding to its appeal and excitement.

The dancer feels nervous, especially at the beginning of the show, due to the pressure of performing live and the fear of falling during the baby freeze move, which is a high-risk, physically demanding routine.

The dancer rehearses thoroughly, focuses on strong arm control to maintain balance, and relies on their past experience and track record to build confidence in their performance.

The theme is 'one-have-wonder,' where the team explores songs and styles to create a balanced season—starting with intense routines and transitioning into more fun, free-spirited dances like the jive.

The dancer draws on their 20-year career and past successful performances to trust their instincts and track record, helping them manage nerves and stay focused during live performances.

The green 70s theme evokes a vibrant, club-like atmosphere, symbolizing a fun, energetic transition from intense routines to a more playful and lively dance style.

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