Mark Ballas and the JabbaWockeeZ

Back in season 9 of DWTS, Mark and Lacey danced with the JabbaWockeeZ. I love me some JabbaWockeeZ. :)

My mom, YouTube, & Team Shark (oh, and Marky too)

I introduced my mother to YouTube yesterday. I got her a new phone (the Palm Pixi) and it has a YouTube app. I showed her and she immediately said "OMG, I can watch Mark and Shawn dance on my phone??" Seriously, she's a hugeTeam Shark fan. HUGE. :)

Ok, so am I. ;)


Anyhoo, after watching a few Team Shark dances and a few Shawn gymnastics videos, I showed her the videos of Cheryl and Mark dancing for Cheryl's Philippine Disaster Fundraiser and she really enjoyed them. The charity event was back on December 20th, 2009 at the Cheryl Burke Dance Studio in San Francisco. They danced Mark and Shawn's Cha Cha from season 8 and Cheryl and Gilles' Tango from season 8. They learned the dances in only a half hour, if I remember right. :) Cheryl looks gorgeous (love the dresses) and Mark looks handsome (oh, and watch out ladies....bare chest! .... on Mark, not Cheryl. Because that would be a whole different kind of show.....)  I've posted the videos previously - if you would like to watch them again (highly recommended) you can see the post here: http://bewitchingballas.blogspot.com/2010/02/dance-for-cause-with-cheryl-burke.html

I'll add this video to the mix....a little behind the scenes video from the charity event. Cheryl and Mark taught a little bit at the fundraiser too. :)


The point of this post? Well, it's because 1) it's so cute to see my mom excited about Shark. She thinks they should get married. LOL and 2) watching the previously mentioned videos led mom and I to watch more videos and I came across this rehearsal video of the pros from season 9. I remember this one....Marky gets a little upset in this video. Angry!Marky. Me no likey. Me likey Happy!Marky. Yes. :D


But, aside from the brief second of Angry!Marky, this is a really cool video. I LOVE behind the scenes stuff for anything. I love to see how things work. How things are done. I love DVDs that give you hours of 'making of' footage. So fascinating. :) So, this one gave us a lot of footage of the pros rehearsing, which we don't get to see often on DWTS. They never show a rehearsal package before pro dances. *sadface*

Mark & Melissa - Sept 14, 2009

Another oldie post ;)

Melissa Joan Hart and Mark attended a little Farewell & Good Luck party in Connecticut before season 9 of DWTS. Picapp has some photos from the event...here are a few. Be sure to check out the rest of the gallery at the website!

The party took place at the Tokeneke Club on September 14, 2009 in Darien, Connecticut.  Looks like it was a lovely party. :)

Photos copyright Christopher Capozziello/Getty Images

:D now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go laugh my bootie off at Craig Ferguson. ;) More Marky stuff tomorrow!

New photos :)

Mark and his cousin Sal spent the day together yesterday (May 26, 2010) - and visited the same diner twice in one day. These boys need a good woman to cook them some meals! LOL

Morning:

photo copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

Evening:

photo copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

Ok, this pic is actually of Lacey....but Mark is in the background! It counts right? ;) From the Big Bluff Launch red carpet, May 24, 2010:

photo copyright Christopher Hall, E! Entertainment, 2010

A couple backstage pics from the finale of DWTS, Season 10 (May 25, 2010), from YukiSNYC:

Mark and Kristi:

photo copyright Yuki Saegusa, 2010

Mark's feet:

photo copyright Yuki Saegusa, 2010

Also, some Red Carpet photos of Mark and others at Edyta's Bday bash, May 24, 2010: http://www.filmmagic.com/ItemListing.aspx?cgl=434437&evntI=0 Posted to twitter by Bewitching Ballas at 12:01 AM May 28th

Mark congratulating Derek - The Insider

The Insider with the couples after the Finale. Mark shows up to congratulate Derek at about :48

Photospam :)

Some Marky photos from the past week or so:

Birthday photos!

A couple shots from Shannon Elizabeth at Mark's birthday dinner on May 24th:

photo copyright Shannon Elizabeth, 2010

photo copyright Shannon Elizabeth, 2010

Pic from Anna Trebunskaya:

photo copyright Anna Trebunskaya, 2010

Pic from Cheryl Burke:

photo copyright Cheryl Burke, 2010

Photo from the Haute party for Derek and Mark on May 18th, from Challywood:

photo copyright Christopher Hall, E! Entertainment, 2010

Kim Kardashian and Mark Ballas at the E! party, May 24, 2010:

 photo copyright Kim Kardashian, 2010

Other photos:

Marabeth, Mark, Ashley, Derek, and friend - Haute party, May 18th

photo copyright unknown, found at Ultimate Ashley Roberts. 2010

 A couple photos from DWTS last night:
Mark, Shannen, Damien, Pam...and a little Buzz in the background. lol

photo copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

 Mark, Bobby Newberry, Chrystina Sayers, and Shawn Johnson in the background:

photo copyright Bobby Newberry, 2010

Various pics of Mark from Twitter

A few pics of Mark from Twitter...sorry I haven't been posting these as they've been happening.

Shannen posted this goofy one of Mark in rehearsal....I have no words.

photo copyright Shannen Doherty, 2010

Out to dinner with Evan and the Lysaceks. (posted by Mark)

photo copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

Massages with Cheryl (posted by Mark)

photo copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

Mark rehearsing early with Tony and other pros for the Finale:

photo copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

Anna T posted this one of the Bday boys blowing out their candles:

 photo copyright Anna Trebunskaya, 2010

Design a Dance, Season 10

Melissa Rycroft and Joey Fatone dancing a Tango choreographed by Mark Ballas
Season 10, Week 9, Design a Dance (May 18, 2010)

Mark backstage, DWTS Week 8

A couple of Twitpics from friends:

Jonathan tweeted this photo of Mark and him tweeting backstage, May 10th:

photo copyright Jonathan Roberts, 2010

Kim Kardashian posted this photo of Mark and her dancin' a bit before the show went live on Monday (May 10th)

photo copyright Kim Kardashian, 2010

And...oh Marky. After telling us of, not one, but TWO parking mishaps/fines in one day....Derek snaps a pic of you mangling your parking space marker at DWTS. lol Methinks someone might need a few parking refresher courses. Let's just blame it on London. He learned how to drive on the other side of the street. It must be messing with this brain. ;) LOL. Here is Mark's "parking masterpiece":

photo copyright Derek Hough, 2010

Here are a few pics posted by fans/friends. I won't post them, but you can go check them out, if you'd like:

From _Brenduhhh_: http://twitter.com/_Brenduhhh_/status/13467016137

From lostinlove0622: http://twitter.com/lostinlove0622/status/13863114653 & http://twitter.com/lostinlove0622/status/13862957014

 

New Twitpics of Mark

Mark & friends posted a few pics of Mark this week:

Mark writing lyrics at Swingers, his favorite diner:

photo copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

Mark and Aiden having steak and wine and speaking 'extreme Queen's English'. :)

photo copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

Lacey, Mark, and Tony backstage: Week 7 (season 10). Um...I have no idea why they are pointing at *ehm* "Little Ballas"....  o.O

photo copyright Lacey Schwimmer, 2010

The Insider backstage - week 3

Mark shows up at the end around 3:53.  Talks about his roots in the Flamenco guitar style.

Mark backstage with ABC7 - week 3

Mark talking to ABC7 backstage at DWTS after the week 3 results show:

Mark at the Mint & Backstage - photos

Here is a great photo from @challywood of Mark and Chelsie at the Mint last night (April 5, 2010):

photo copyright Christopher Hall, E! Entertainment, 2010

And Mark just posted this photo of him with the other Flaminco musicians (@iamjeremysilver is the gentleman and the lady's name is Zhang Gu Li (I probably have the spelling incorrect, sorry!) for tonight's DWTS:

photo copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

ET & Access Hollywood videos

Videos from this past week that talk about Shannen and Mark:

Entertainment Tonight from March 31, 2010:


Access Hollywood from April 1, 2010:

ABC7 Los Angeles Backstage - Monday wk 2

Another backstage video of Shannen and Mark from Monday of last week. Cute video :)

ABC7 Los Angeles Backstage - Elimination night

Here is another video with ABC7 in Los Angeles from elimination night. You can tell how sad they both were. :(

Mark's knee injury

Since Mark just posted a picture of his injured knee, I figure I'll do a quick post with the info he's given about the injury. All of this information is from interviews he has done for DWTS, which have all been posted on this blog.

The injury: During the dress rehearsal on Monday, March 29th (the full run-through of the entire show), Mark heard his knee 'pop' when he went down on it during the final move in the Jive.  (Shannen & Mark changed that move, so the end pose is not the pose in which he injured himself.)  He was taken to the hospital and given some shots of pain killers and such to get him through the night. On Tuesday he was in a lot of pain, so he returned to the hospital and got an MRI and spoke with the surgeon that repaired his shoulder (from the end of season 5).  He does not have any ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) or MCL (medial collateral ligament) tears.  What happened is that the muscle has pulled away from the bone.  It needs rest to strengthen and fall back into place.  If you know about Shawn Johnson's current knee injury, you can compare: she tore her ACL and MCL and had to have surgery to have it repaired.  She had 6 weeks of no walking and 6 full months of recovery (she's in month #2 and ahead of schedule).  Mark's injury, if he stays off his knee, is less severe (though not less painful).  He claims that he will be recovered after a maximum of 6 weeks & a minimum of 3 weeks.  He shouldn't need surgery, just lots of rest. :)

Some other tidbits:  Mark was planning (if Shannen wasn't eliminated) on flying his father, Corky Ballas, in to work with Shannen during the weeks rehearsals.  Mark would still have choreographed the routines and claims that he was going to try to dance on Mondays. (I'm not happy about that - I mean, I love Mark's dancing, but he needs to take care of himself!)  Derek learned the routine quickly on Monday and danced it with Shannen once, just in case Mark couldn't dance.  Shannen revealed in a backstage interview that her dress rehearsal was very poor and she even stopped mid-way, forgetting that you can't get a 'second take' in dancing. ;) So, using the dress rehearsal footage to be judged would have been a bad idea.  Having Derek step in and dance with Shannen was a better option for them, to give her the best opportunity for a good score.  Of course, we know, Mark returned to the studio and ended up dancing.


Here is the picture Mark posted of his poor knee (and some new lyrics he is writing):

photo copyright Mark Ballas

Marky pics from Twitter

Mark posted some pics of himself and Shannen on their way to NY (red eye flight) to film Regis & Kelly:

Airport wheelchairs...so much fun. lol (tweet 1, tweet 2)

Shannen got Mark some McDonalds

photos copyright Mark Ballas

TV Guide backstage - elimination

backstage with TV Guide on elimination night, March 30, 2010

Screencaps of Week 2: Elimination

Mark and Shannen's elimination from DWTS, March 30, 2010

Screencaps after the cut: