Louis van Amstel
Louis van Amstel | |
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Born | Amsterdam, Netherlands | June 23, 1972
Nationality | Dutch American |
Citizenship | American |
Occupation(s) | Dancer, choreographer |
Years active | 2005–present |
Spouse |
Joshua Lancaster (m. 2017) |
Louis van Amstel (born June 23, 1972, in
Early life
Louis van Amstel was born in Amsterdam; his grandparents were competitive ballroom dancers. He began dancing at 10 and entered competitions at 15. He stopped attending school at 16 to pursue dancing full-time.[3]
Career
Early career
Van Amstel competed professionally with Julie Fryer, and they were coached by Ruud Vermeij. In 1990, Van Amstel and Fryer became Dutch Latin Champions and 10 Dance Champions. They also made the final in the 'under 21' category in Blackpool. During the same year, they received a bronze medal at the German Open, at the World Latin and at the European 10 Dance. In the Worlds 10 Dance Championship, Van Amstel and Fryer got fourth place.
In 1991, Van Amstel and Fryer won the national championships for the second time, and got fourth place in all major championships. A year later, Van Amstel decided that he wanted to retire from competing for a while and ended his partnership with Fryer for the first time. Three years later, in 1994, the partnership was re-established, and Van Amstel and Fryer went on to win three world Latin Dance championship gold medals in 1994, 1995 and 1996.
In 1997, Van Amstel retired from competitive ballroom dancing, moved to New York City, and became an American citizen in July 1999.[4] He returned to competitive dancing with partner Karina Smirnoff; they won the United States national championship in 2000.
Dancing with the Stars
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On September 2, 2015, he was announced as a pro for
Van Amstel returned to the show for season 31. He was partnered with actress Cheryl Ladd.[7]
Other work
During his time off from Dancing With The Stars, Van Amstel set up a not-for-profit dance company called "Visionworx Dance Theater," which combines all four major dance forms. He also choreographed and appeared on numerous TV shows such as The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Hannah Montana, and All My Children.[3]
After season six of Dancing with the Stars, Van Amstel was asked to create and choreograph a show called Ballroom With A Twist, which featured a rotating cast of dancers. The show also featured former American Idol contestants including David Hernandez and Carly Smithson. Ballroom With A Twist toured in theaters around the country. Van Amstel is no longer associated with the show.
He choreographed seven dances on season 5 of
Van Amstel runs a dance fitness program, LaBlast. LaBlast DVDs were released in early 2012. During the summer of that year, Van Amstel started a fitness clothing line, branded LVA.
In fall 2014, Van Amstel was seen as a judge on the Dutch show Celebrity Pole Dancing, a show where Dutch celebrities are taught how to pole dance and perform.
Personal life
Van Amstel is openly
In November 2019, Van Amstel made headlines after he revealed that a substitute teacher shamed his son for having two gay dads and subjected his fifth-grade class to a 10-minute anti-gay lecture. The school promptly fired the teacher.[9]
Dancing with the Stars performances
Season | Partner | Place |
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1 | Trista Sutter | 6th |
2 | Lisa Rinna | 4th |
3 | Monique Coleman | 4th |
6 | Priscilla Presley | 8th |
9 | Kelly Osbourne | 3rd |
10 | Niecy Nash | 5th |
11 | Margaret Cho | 10th |
12 | Kendra Wilkinson | 6th |
15 | Sabrina Bryan | 8th |
21 | Paula Deen | 9th |
31 | Cheryl Ladd | 14th |
With Trista Sutter
Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
1 | Come Away With Me "
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6 | 6 | 6 | No Elimination |
2 | Rumba/"Endless Love" | 6 | 7 | 6 | Eliminated |
With Lisa Rinna
Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
1 | Waltz/ "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" | 5 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
2 | Rumba/"Your Song" | 6 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
3 | Jive/"Jailhouse Rock" | 8 | 9 | 8 | Safe |
4 | Paso Doble/"The Final Countdown "
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9 | 9 | 8 | Safe |
5 | Samba/"Le Freak" | 7 | 9 | 9 | Safe |
6 | Quickstep/"9 to 5" | 9 | 9 | 9 | Bottom Two |
7 | Foxtrot/"Fever" | 8 | 9 | 9 | Eliminated |
Cha-Cha-Cha/"Material Girl" | 9 | 9 | 9 |
With Monique Coleman
Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
1 | Foxtrot/"Baby Love" | 6 | 6 | 7 | Safe |
2 | Bop to the Top "
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9 | 8 | 9 | Safe |
3 | Jive/"The Heat Is On" | 9 | 9 | 9 | Safe |
4 | Waltz/"If I Were A Painting" | 8 | 8 | 8 | Bottom Two |
5 | Samba de Verão "
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9 | 9 | 9 | Safe |
6 | Samba/"ABC" | 9 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
7 | Paso Doble/"The Reflex "
|
9 9 |
9 9 |
9 9 |
Bottom Two |
8 | " | 8 9 |
8 10 |
8 10 |
Eliminated |
With Priscilla Presley
Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
1 | Foxtrot/"Feeling Good" | 8 | 8 | 8 | No Elimination |
2 | Mambo/"Deixa Isso Pra La" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
3 | Tango/"El Choclo "
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8 | 9 | 9 | Safe |
4 | Viennese Waltz/"Do Right Woman, Do Right Man "
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7 | 7 | 8 | Bottom Two |
5 | Rumba/"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Eliminated |
With Kelly Osbourne
Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
1 | " | 7 Awarded |
8 8 |
8 Points |
Safe |
2 | Tango/"Take Me on the Floor "
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6 | 7* | 6 | Safe |
3 | Samba/"LoveGame" | 7 | 6 | 7 | Safe |
4 | Charleston/"Cabaret" | 8 | 7 | 8 | Safe |
5 | Paso Doble/"Crazy Train "
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8 | 8 | 8 | Safe |
6 | Jitterbug/"Bread and Butter" Mambo Marathon/"Ran Kan Kan" |
8 Awarded |
8 5 |
8 Points |
Safe |
7 | You Give Love a Bad Name "
|
8 9 |
8 9 |
8 10 |
Safe |
8 | River Deep - Mountain High "
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8 8 |
8 9 |
9 9 |
Last to Be Called Safe |
9 | " | 8 9 9 |
8 9 9 |
8 9 9 |
Last to Be Called Safe |
10 | Viennese Waltz/"Trouble "
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9 Awarded 8 Awarded |
9 26 8 26 |
8 Points 8 Points |
Third Place |
^* Due to Len Goodman's absence in week 2, the 7 was awarded by stand-in guest judge Baz Luhrmann.
With Niecy Nash
Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
1 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"Rescue Me" | 7 | 5 | 6 | No Elimination |
2 | Foxtrot/"Love You I Do" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
3 | Waltz/"With You I'm Born Again" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
4 | Rumba/"Taking Chances" - Technique Rumba/"Taking Chances" - Performance |
6 6 |
6 6 |
6 6 |
Last to Be Called Safe |
5 | Jive/"La Bamba" | 6 | 6 | 6 | Safe |
6 | Argentine Tango/"El Sonido De La Milonga" Marathon/"In the Mood"
Swing |
7 Awarded |
7 5 |
7 Points |
Bottom Two |
7 | Quickstep/"You're the Top" Team Madonna/"Holiday" |
9 8 |
8 8 |
8 8 |
Safe |
8 | Rhythm is a Dancer "
|
7 7 |
8 6 |
8 7 |
Eliminated |
With Margaret Cho
Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
1 | We Are The Champions "
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5 | 5 | 5 | Safe |
2 | Jive/"Dreaming | 6 | 6 | 6 | Safe |
3 | Samba/"Copacabana" | 6 | 6 | 6 | Eliminated |
With Kendra Wilkinson
Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
1 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"When Love Takes Over" | 6 | 6 | 6 | No Elimination |
2 | Quickstep/"Gotta Work" | 7 | 6 | 6 | Safe |
3 | Rumba/"You and Me" | 8 | 7 | 8 | Safe |
4 | Viennese Waltz/"Time to Say Goodbye "
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6 | 6 | 6 | Safe |
5 | Foxtrot/"Yankee Doodle Dandy" | 8 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
6 | Samba/"Livin' la Vida Loca" | 8 | 8 | 9 | Safe |
7 | Team Tango /"Jealousy"
|
7/7* 8/8* |
8 7 |
8 8 |
Eliminated |
^* The additional scores of 7 and 8 were awarded by guest judge Donnie Burns.
With Sabrina Bryan
Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
1 | Cha-Cha-Cha/"What Makes You Beautiful" | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | Safe |
2 | Quickstep/"Black Betty" | 9 | 8.5 | 8.5 | Safe |
3 | Paso Doble/"Free Your Mind "
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8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | Bottom Three |
4 | Disco/"You Should Be Dancing" | 9 | 9/8.5* | 9 | Safe |
5 | Waltz/"So This Is Love" Team Freestyle (Shawn)/"Call Me Maybe" |
10 9.5 |
9.5 10 |
9.5 10 |
No Elimination |
6 | Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy ","I Play Chicken with a Train" |
10 No |
10 Additional |
10 Points |
Eliminated |
^* The additional score of 8.5 was awarded by guest judge Paula Abdul.
With Paula Deen
Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
Inaba | Hough | Tonioli | |||
1 | Hey Good Lookin' "
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5 | 5 | 5 | No Elimination |
2 | Rumba/"Midnight Train to Georgia" Tango/ "Get Ready" |
7 6 |
6 6 |
6 6 |
Safe |
3 | Samba / "The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle" | 5 | 51/5 | 5 | Last to be called safe |
4 | Cha-Cha-Cha / "Respect" | 6 | 6 | 6 | Safe |
52 | Jive / "Shake" | 7 | 7/63 | 6 | No Elimination |
6 | Jazz / "Vogue "
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6 | 6/64 | 6 | Eliminated |
1 Score given by guest judge Alfonso Ribeiro.
2 This week only, for "Partner Switch-Up" week, Deen performed with Mark Ballas instead of Louis van Amstel. Louis performed with Tamar Braxton.[10]
3 Score given by guest judge Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
4 Score given by guest judge Olivia Newton-John.
With Cheryl Ladd
Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | |||
Inaba | Goodman | Hough | Tonioli | |||
1 | Got to Give it Up "
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6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | Safe |
2 | Tango / "A Little Less Conversation" | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | Bottom Two |
3 | Rumba / "Diamonds Are Forever" | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | Eliminated |
References
- ^ "Louis Van Amstel profile". Archived from the original on 2011-10-14. Retrieved 2006-07-29.
- ^ Dancing With The Stars website
- ^ a b c dancingwithlouis.com Archived July 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Davis, Andrew (April 28, 2010). "Dancing with the Stars' Louis Van Amstel on Kate Gosselin and his sexuality". Windy City Media Group. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
- ^ Louis van Amstel [@LouisVanAmstel] (February 25, 2013). "U guys might have done the math I'm not doing season 16 of DWTS. Good luck to all pros!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Dancing with the Stars Season 21 Cast Announcement". ABC. September 2, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
- ^ "Dancing with the Stars: Teresa Giudice, Wayne Brady, Selma Blair and More Celebs Join Season 31". Peoplemag. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ Gomez, Patrick (January 8, 2017). "Dancing with the Stars' Louis van Amstel marries Joshua Lancaster in Winter Wonderland wedding". People.com. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
- ^ Tanner, Courtney (November 29, 2019). "A Utah substitute told fifth graders that 'homosexuality is wrong.' She was escorted out after 3 female students spoke up". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- ^ Gomez, Patrick (October 7, 2015). "The Dancing with the Stars Switch-Up Week Couples Revealed!". People.com. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
External links
- Louis van Amstel at IMDb
- LouisLetsDance.com
- LaBlastfitness.com Archived 2021-08-05 at the Wayback Machine