- Corky Ballas
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Corky Ballas Born Mark Alexander Ballas, Sr.
December 25, 1960
Houston, Texas, U.S.Occupation Dancer Years active 1978–1996/2008-present Mark Alexander "Corky" Ballas, Sr. (born December 25, 1960) is a retired competitive ballroom dancer who holds several Latin dance championship titles.[1][2]
He has one son, Mark Ballas, with former wife and partner Shirley Ballas. Corky and Shirley Ballas also raised and trained Julianne Hough and Derek Hough.[3][4][5]
His father, George Ballas, was the inventor of the Weed Eater lawn-trimming device.[6]
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Achievements
Corky and Shirley were 1996 Open to the World International Champions, 1995–1996 Open to the World British Champions, twice British National Champions, Star - World Cup - UK - Champions[clarification needed], and seven times undefeated United States International Latin Champions.[1][7][8] They retired in 1996.[citation needed]
Ballas judges professional competitions and teaches. He is based in Los Angeles, California and Houston, Texas.[9]
Dancing with the Stars
Ballas has trained many of Dancing with the Stars' professionals including Karina Smirnoff, Julianne Hough, Derek Hough, Tony Dovolani, Edyta Sliwinska, Alec Mazo, Brian Fortuna, Jonathan Roberts, Anna Trebunskaya, Jessie DeSoto and, his son, Mark Ballas.
On August 25, 2008, the show's producers announced Corky himself would compete as a pro on season 7, alongside his son and former pupils. He was partnered with 82-year-old actress Cloris Leachman.[10]
For Season 11 Ballas was partnered with Florence Henderson. They were eliminated in Week 5 of the competition.
Performances
With celebrity partner: Cloris Leachman
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1, Night 1 Foxtrot/I Wish I Were in Love Again 6 5 5 Safe 1, Night 2 Mambo /Coconut Woman 6 5 5 Safe 2 Paso Doble/Bolero 5 5 5 Bottom Two 3 Jive/The Girl Can't Help It 6 5 5 Safe 4 Tango/The Big Date 8 7 7 Bottom Two 5 Salsa/Tres Deseos 7 7 7 Safe 6 Cha Cha Cha/Come See About Me 5 5 5 Eliminated With celebrity partner: Florence Henderson
Week # Dance/Song Judges' score Result Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1 Cha-Cha-Cha/Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me 6 6 6 Safe 2 Quickstep/Suddenly I See 7 6 6 Safe 3 Waltz/Edelweiss 7 6 7 Safe 4 Rumba/Yesterday 6/6 6/6 5/6 Safe 5 Tango/The Brady Bunch Theme 7 7 7 Eliminated See also
References
- ^ a b http://www.clintgraphics.com/corky/who.htm
- ^ http://bdsweb.ballroom.com/cbalbio.htm
- ^ http://www.learning2dance.com/site/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=103_118_156
- ^ http://www.derekhough.net/bio.html
- ^ http://www.juliannehough.net/bio.html
- ^ Wozny, Nancy. "H-Town's Own Dance Man: Mark Ballas opens up on the naive miracle of Bristol Palin & his John Mayer ways", CultureMap Houston, December 13, 2010. WebCitation archive. George Ballas passed away in June of 2011. See "Weed Eater inventor dies at 85," June 29, 2011, Associated Press, as published by the Lake Charles American Press, at [1].
- ^ http://www.internationalheralddailynews.org/dance.htm
- ^ http://www.theyankeeclassic.com/event_information/photo_gallery/
- ^ http://www.corky.com
- ^ http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancingwiththestars/index?pn=announcement
External links
Categories:- American ballroom dancers
- Living people
- People from Houston, Texas
- 1960 births
- American people of Greek descent
- American people of Spanish descent
- American people of Mexican descent
- Dance biographical stubs
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