Who is Cheryl Burke dating?

Who is Cheryl Burke dating?





About Me



I was born May 1984 in Northern California. My heritage is Filipino, Irish, Russian descent. I have one older sister and one younger sister. My family has two dogs: Pookie and Max.

I attended Las Lomitas Elementary School and graduated from Menlo-Atherton High School located in Menlo Park, CA in 2002.

My initial introduction to the world of dance was my first ballet class when I was 4 years old. I started ballroom dancing at age 11 years and haven't stopped since!



Achievements

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2008 Asian Excellence Award.
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Champion, Dancing With The Stars Season 2 and 3
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Nominee PrimeTime Emmy 2006, Outstanding Choreography
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Nominee PrimeTime Emmy 2006, Outstanding Art Direction For A Variety/Music Program/Special
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Champion, Dancing With The Stars Season 2
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2005 World Cup Latin Professional Rising Star Champion
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2005 Ohio Star Ball Rising Star Champion
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2005 San Francisco Open Latin Champion

Favorite Things

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Favorite type of food: Italian
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Favorite color: red
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Favorite thing to do when not dancing: hang out and have fun with friends
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Favorite singer: Drew Lachey
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Favorite football player: #22 Emmitt Smith!







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Cheryl Burke is one of the professional dancers featured on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars." On Season 7, Cheryl Burke is partnered with Maurice Greene.

Cheryl Burke is the first two-time winner of "Dancing with the Stars." Cheryl Burke and her partner singer Drew Lachey stole the show on Season 2 and sensationally won the competition. In Season 3, Cheryl Burke was partnered with football legend Emmitt Smith, and together they won the competition. In Season 4, Cheryl made it to the semi-finals with actor Ian Ziering, placing fourth. In Season 6, Cheryl Burke and Cristián de la Fuente made it to third place, while in Season 5, Cheryl and Wayne Newton finished 10th.

Growing up in San Francisco, California, Cheryl Burke came from a family who all loved to dance. At four years old, Cheryl Burke began taking ballet lessons and performed throughout the Bay area until she was ten. It was at that time that she discovered that ballroom, "wasn't just for old people" and decided to change her focus. Cheryl Burke hung up her ballet shoes and began training in both standard and Latin. By the age of 13, Cheryl Burke was traveling and competing throughout the world, later moving on to win several championships.

In the spring of 2008 Cheryl Burke opened her first dance studio, the highly successful Cheryl Burke Dance, in San Francisco and has plans to open another studio this fall.








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Cheryl Bautista Burke is a two-time Emmy nominated professional dancer. As a professional dancer partner, she won the competition in the second and third seasons of ABC's American version of Dancing with the Stars with celebrity dance partners Drew Lachey (February 2006) and Emmitt Smith (November 2006). She was the first professional dancer to win two Dancing with the Stars championships and in any competition. (Julianne Hough followed with two back-to-back championships in seasons 4 and 5). Cheryl grew up in Atherton, California. She is of Filipino, Russian, and Irish descent. Her family dances recreationally and have a dance floor at home. At 4 years of age she began taking ballet lessons and performing locally. She then began ballroom dancing and decided to change her focus. She trained in both standard ballroom and latin dances. She began competing at age 13. Cheryl has two sisters, Mandy and Nicole. Burke is a 2002 graduate of Menlo-Atherton High School.

Burke contends that dancing provides a medium for her to express her inner feelings and passion all the while maintaining focus and composure during extremely high-pressure situations.

Burke says that her dancing style is unlike anyone else's. She takes pride in being a "rule breaker" and feels that her greatest achievements in dancing are still to come.