Mark Ballas at Ballroom with a Twist, 7/16/10

BWAT at Chautauqua, New York. :) Friday, July 16, 2010 at Chautauqua Institution.

Here is a write-up about the show from GoErie.com: "Ballroom With a Twist twists and shouts into Chautauqua"

Mark & Kristi Mambo (uploaded by gymfan66)


Mark & Kristi Jive (uploaded by gymfan66)


Sabrina, Jonathan, and Kristi are teasing Mark. (uploaded by gymfan66)
according to gymfan66 - "right before I started recording Johnathan asked Sabrina to demonstrate how Mark acted during reahersal when he gets frustarated haha"


Mark and Sabrina Cha Cha (uploaded by gymfan66)


Mark flew to NY state on Thursday afternoon (and didn't sleep well that night. Poor guy.) Rehearsals on Friday and the show Friday night. :) Apparently, on the way to the NY show (the 2nd stop on the tour), the tour bus broke down (that was carrying the company dancers). Then, after Friday's show, the 2nd tour bus didn't show up, so the entire cast (25 dancers) had to fit on one bus to drive to PA. Jonathan posted this pic of the crowded bus:

photo copyright Jonathan Roberts, 2010

Poor Mark looks so tired! Curled up with his luggage, dozing while sitting up on a loud, crowded bus. ick. :(

One of the company dancers, italoelgueta, tweeted that he was moving from the "party bus" to the "sleeping bus" at about 3am-ish local time (eastern). Well, at least the 2nd bus finally showed up.  o.O

After the show, Anna posted a bunch of pics from the show and backstage. Three of the pics included Marky:

Kristi and Mark dancing the Jive:

photo copyright Anna Trebunskaya, 2010

Sabrina, Mark, Jonathan, and Kristi talking to the crowd:

photo copyright Anna Trebunskaya, 2010

Mark and Jonathan hamming it up backstage:

photo copyright Anna Trebunskaya, 2010

Retro videos: Mark & Sabrina interviews

A playlist of a few Mark & Sabrina interviews from Season 5 of DWTS:



Uploaded by classicTeamSabrina :)

Mark Ballas in Ballroom with a Twist

Mark will be performing in Ballroom with a Twist on July 17, 2010 at the Hershey Theatre in Hershey, Pennsylvania (15 E. Caracas Avenue • PO Box 395 • Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033 • (717) 534-3405).

In addition, Mark's season 5 partner Sabrina and his season 6 partner Kristi will both be appearing. Tickets range from $25.00 - $100.00 per person.

Ballroom with a Twist is directed and choreographed by Louis van Amstel. Check out this website for more information about the show: http://scottstander.com/ (click on Ballroom with a Twist).  To buy tickets and look at the seating chart, please go to: http://www.hersheytheatre.com/performances_events/details.php?id=11236

Mark's Jives

Monday, Mark and Shannen will do a Jive. Mark has performed many Jives on the show. He performed one with Sabrina, two with Kristi, one with Shawn, and one with Melissa. For every Jive, he dressed his partner in a traditional Jive style dress. He also likes the early Rock'n'Roll music for the Jive as well (in other words, he doesn't do a Jive to a more modern song).  So, we can probably expect to see Shannen in a traditional Jive dress and the music to be early Rock'n'Roll. ;)

Here are Mark's previous Jives: (a playlist of 5 dances)