Heat up the ballroom Dancing With the Stars pros Daniella Karagach Pasha PashkovThey had an instant dance chemistry which quickly turned into a real-life relationship.
Although they were raised dancing with separate partners, Pashkov was in need of a new partner in 2009.
“My previous partner went to [join] Dancing with the Stars, so I was looking for a new partner,” the Russia native — who was 22 at the time — recalled to Information on Dance Sport in June 2017. “My Standard coach said to me that I should try to dance with Daniella. I wasn’t sure because there were six and a quarter years. [age] difference between us.”
He continued at the time: “However, my coach said, ‘[That] doesn’t matter, she is a right partner for you,’ and that was it. So, I called her up and I asked her to dance with me.”
After a 20-minute trial, the pair knew this was a special relationship. “We knew instantly that we were right for each other,” Karagach, who was 15 at the time, gushed to the outlet in 2017.
Karagach and Pashkov won many international competitions as a dance duo before reaching the Qualifiers round. World of Dance season 2. They both joined the cast DWTS The next year will be filled with Pashkov teaching Kate Flannerythe New York native performing with the troupe. Karagach, for her part, received her first celebrity partner — Nelly — the following season.
In addition to working side-by-side on the ABC dancing competition, the choreographers’ romance has continued to blossom.
“Happy 8 year wedding anniversary @pashapashkov 🥂 I didn’t think It was humanly possible to love someone this hard,” the season 30 mirrorball champ gushed via Instagram in July 2022. “Thank you for making me the luckiest woman in the world. IFLY.”
Cofounders of the Wedding Dance School returned to DWTS Season 31, partnering with Teresa Giudice Joseph Baena, respectively. Pashkov and Giudice were second in September 2022.
“I wanted to win the mirrorball because [Pasha’s] wife won it last season, so I wanted him to have the second trophy in their house, so they’d have two of them,” the Real Housewives of New Jersey alum told Us Weekly after her elimination, referring to Karagach’s victory with Iman Shumpert. “But there’s a lot of amazing dancers on the show. When I saw my competition, I’m like, ‘I’m definitely not winning it,’ but I tried.”
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