Dancing With The Stars 12 – Petra Nemcova and Dmitry Chaplin’s Quickstep Tonight Near And Dear To Them

In a new TV Guide interview, Petra gives us a teaser for what’s to come tonight. She says her and Dmitry’s Quickstep is a “thank you for all the opportunities” they’ve received by coming to the U.S.. Being they weren’t born in America, this night is “near and dear to their hearts”. Details below and at the link for more on her challenges and journey. Picture above from Dmitry’s twiiter.

How’s the quickstep coming?
Petra Nemcova: Very well. It’s different from the devilish paso doble! Now I can be smiley and more myself, which is definitely more enjoyable. But it’s all-American week and we want to say thank you. We accomplished our dreams because of the openness of everyone’s hearts here in America. My dream was to help children and I was fortunate to establish the Happy Hearts Fund. One of the greatest things about Americans is that there’s such a strong philanthropic identity in the DNA of the U.S. It’s such a charitable nation, so it’s a thank you for all the opportunities not only for my dreams, but for the dreams of children all around the world.

Are you telling a story throughout the dance?
Nemcova: We do have a story, but it’s not related to the thank you, because the song is about a special city in the U.S. There’s no other place like this city, so we kind of had to make it more themed about the city. The singer of the song is one of the greatest in history, so we’re very excited about it. I think it’s going to be great.

Did you have any trouble learning the choreography?
Nemcova: There are so many fast steps! I was a bit afraid of the quickstep because everyone said it was challenging. It’s definitely fast and it’s a challenge, but I’m enjoying it. I’m picking it up. I still have to work on many things. And the stamina — it’s crazy at the end, you’re just like, “Oh my God!” Dmitry needs extra energy, but I need new feet! They are burning! It’s a stamina dance, but it’s good to be able to smile through it.

Below is something else Petra posted on their tonight dance at her twitter. Note how Len helped them this week.

https://twitter.com/#!/pnemcova/status/59090589924331520

Edit to Add: A video from The Huffington Post today of the two playing around during rehearsals and make-up last week.

11 responses to "Dancing With The Stars 12 – Petra Nemcova and Dmitry Chaplin’s Quickstep Tonight Near And Dear To Them"

# Carlos commented on April 18, 2011:
Guys, do you have any tip of the song?
# Cidra commented on April 18, 2011:
Based on Petra’s hints my guess is “New York, New York” by Frank Sinatra.
# Wendy commented on April 18, 2011:
From the description she gave my guess would be “Chicago” by Frank Sinatra.
# Lori commented on April 18, 2011:
Unless I am remembering those songs wrong, wouldn’t both be too slow for a Quickstep?
# Wendy commented on April 18, 2011:
New York is too slow IMO, but Chicago has an upbeat tempo that could work.
# mmc commented on April 18, 2011:
Sinatra’s famous NY, NY song from the 70s isn’t fast enough for quickstep, but there’s a completely different song of the same name from the musical “On the Town.” Sinatra and Gene Kelly danced to it in the film version and it’s very upbeat. Could be a good quickstep song. There’s a movie clip on YouTube.
# Cidra commented on April 18, 2011:
@Wendy, You’re right, “NY, NY” is too slow for the Quickstep. You’re guess is more likely.

I also like mmc’s suggestion of the “On the Town” tune since it combines “New York” with the upbeat tempo for Quickstep and Sinatra (whom we all seem to be leaning toward).
# Zach commented on April 18, 2011:
Im excited to see Petra’s Quickstep and I expect her to do well. She gets to be happy and smiley the intire time which fits her MUCH better then Paso even though, again she suprised me with her ability to get into character lask week. She essentially gets to hold on to Dmitry the intire time so thats certainly a plus. Actually im almost prone to think the producers want Kendra off since they gave Petra Quckstep and Kendra the Foxtrot, I mean really? Kendra hates or in words ” Just doesn’t care about ” elegance and class and can you really get any more classy than the Foxtrot? So I dont hold much hope for her AT ALL. Heres to tonight though! 😀
# Elmari commented on April 18, 2011:
Umm… Can the judges help the contestants like this in the competition? I thought they only bring in the judges into the studio for the finals….Confused!
# mmc commented on April 18, 2011:
Re: “rehearsing for Len,” I read that to mean working toward the quickstep standards that they expect him to apply, rather than Len actually being physically present in the rehearsal giving advice. Could be wrong though.
# Voguerista commented on April 18, 2011:
Just added another video to this post. Check it out if interested. 😉