PureDWTS Exclusive: Sharna Burgess Talks About Dancing And Her Journey With Andy Dick So Far
This week we had a chance to visit with dance pro Sharna Burgess about Dancing With The Stars and her partner and Andy Dick!!! Before reading our new interview, which dance do you think has been her favorite dance so far and why? If you guessed their Jazz dance, you guessed correctly. She also answered some questions on costuming and how she’s grown as person dancing with him. More below….
What has been your favorite dance so far with Andy and why?
I love all of them so much it’s hard to chose!! But if I had to say one it would be our jazz, he was just incredible and completely became the character. It was fun to create and fun to play 🙂
What has been your favorite costume so far and what’s it been like putting them all together? All of them have been so cool, but, the Poker Face Week 2 costumes were pure genius!
:))) that one Is definitely my fave too!!! I love getting creative not only choreographically but with the whole production from music to wardrobe and set. Our wardrobe team is just amazing, I take them these crazy ideas and they help me make them work. I’m hoping to keep that same unique vibe to our look for the whole season.
Andy remarked how you’ve helped him grow as a man and a person in the Access Hollywood interview, how has he helped you too?
He’s helped me challenge myself artistically. Funny isn’t normally my strong suit, my strengths are passion fire intensity and power, so I’ve had to find another part of myself to create these routines. His a wonderful human being and I’ve loved being a part if his journey.
If you were to describe you and Andy’s journey in three words, what would they be?
Beautiful, Emotional, Rewarding
And it’s been that way for many of us too!!^^ THANKS SHARNA and we can’t wait to see you and Andy dance again this coming week!!!
Picture courtesy of ABC
Thank you for this, Vogue, as always! Sharna has turned out to be a wonderfully creative and talented addition to the pro cast. I am so glad she is with Andy!
YW!!! Thanks too and I’m so glad she is with Andy as well!! Even though they are opposites, they compliment each other perfectly.
Andy and Sharna are the one couple I am most excited to see each week. These two are just amazing together as a team, they are matched perfectly. They have brought such joy to the dancefloor.
I have to admit I probably will shed a tear or two the week they are eliminated.
Thanks Vogue. Your the best, as always.
Andy and Sharna (along with Kellie and Derek) are my favorite couples this season. I didn’t really know anything about Andy before the cast announcement, and I hadn’t really noticed Sharna one way or another in the troupe, but both of them have really impressed me and are so endearing. Love watching them!
Sandy, I know I will cry too. I was crying last week when they were in the bottom two.
@Vogue – That’s what I love about this show. Taking someone that makes you cringe at the sound of their name (like Kelly Osbourne and Andy), and quickly finding yourself totally invested week after week in their emotional journey.
Okay, now I am off to watch their week 2 jazz performance again. It just makes me smile.
Exactly^^ and now I want to go watch that performance again too. So creative and theatrical.
I wasn’t too excited when Sharna was announced as pro as she never really stood out to me in the troupe. I have to say that I’m so happy I was wrong because I just love her! She is super talented, putting a lot of effort in and turning out to be a great choreographer. I think she is going to be one of my favorite pro’s going forward!
I can easily see her being one of my favorite pros too, I love how she’s challenging herself to play to his strengths so the he shines! I hope they stick around for a long time and I hope she gets to continue as a pro in future seasons.
I’m assuming Vogue did the interview, great one, Thanks! And thanks to Sharna too.
I was splitting my votes between Kellie and Andy, but now I am giving all my votes to Andy. No more bottom 2 for him, at least not yet, there are enough lackluster couples left in the competition that should be claiming that title.
I love Anna, but can we just keep Sharna as a pro forever? 😛 She is my new favorite for all the right reasons.
I must say, I like Andy…. And I like Sharna. I’m another one who didn’t really notice her in the troupe (other than being brunette in a sea of blondes)
I like Sharna, I think she’s quickly becoming one of my favorite pros… Definitely my favorite female pro this season! She’s already shown patience, and is choreographing to her partners strengths and weaknesses, and she is honestly working WITH him, creating an incredibly strong team.
I do think that they did GOOD hiring Sharna, and Tristan, they are the two who’ve moved up from the troupe that show PROMISE!
Agree with everyone here – very impressed with Sharna. Not only as a dancer and a teacher, but she handles herself very well in these interviews too. Kym has always been my fav female pro, but Sharna’s is quickly rising to the top.
While not the most accomplished dancer (yet), I’m hoping Andy goes far in this competition. For me, this team is in the top 4 right now (just can’t get warmed up to Aly & Mark) and while I don’t think he’ll make it to the finals (where I expect to see Kellie, Jacoby & Zendaya) stranger things have happened – William Levy and Bristol Palin both made it to third place!
I don’t believe Sharna is a fluke either (i.e. she just got lucky with Andy, like Peta got lucky with Donald) but it will be interesting to see how she does with a different celeb next season. And I do see her around next season – she’s proven herself already, and I can see where she would be one of the pros being asked for specifically.
GO TEAM SHARCK !
Don’t worry guys Sharna and Andy have my toes along with my other fav! These two have become one of my favs! It would kill me to see them go any time soon! I want to see their journey!
Love Sharna and Andy! Can’t wait to see their V Waltz next week 🙂
I’m not on team Andy and Sharna but I do agree he couldn’t have asked for a better partner. Unlike Cheryl who looked bothered by her partner until recently when she realized he has staying power, Sharna embraced and mentored Andy from day 1 which made all the difference.
I have been very impressed watching Sharna and Andy’s progress, especially her being a new pro. I work at a Human Services Agency that deals with people with all kinds of emotional problems, and I have also dealt with it in my own extended family. It’s a very fine line you have to walk. The ego is very fragile, the self-confidence is almost non-existant, the self-loathing tries to encroach itself, the body may not
be physically in the best health, and no matter how good they look or talk they might be inches away from jumping off the cliff. Sharna must be a very discerning and compassionate woman, who can deal with people in a very delicate yet firm manner, employing lots of finesse! A delightful sense of humor and a beautiful soul also help! Andy must think he died and went to heaven! I wish them both the best and am rooting for them every week.
Also, if I may say, dealing with people with injuries is also a difficult job for any pro. People who are not well or are in pain are
like exposed nerves sometimes, ready to cry or jump at the least little thing. I noticed after reading Derek’s blog in TV guide where he spoke about the doctor being in rehearsals with he and Jennifer that the first comment by a reader was….”Derek must have some really good dirt on someone at ABC to keep getting good partners”… I thought, lady, are you kidding me. Just because they won doesn’t mean it was a bowl of
cherries. I have 4 people in my life now with serious back and neck problems, and believe me, no one should envy Derek that. The damage you could do to someone, not to speak of their state of mind, disposition, etc. Sometimes when I speak to some of my people, if they are having a bad day, I have to watch every word I say and how I say it because they are in so much pain and their emotions are fried. Derek has had Jennifer, Maria and Ricki with injuries and I can’t forget Nicole, who was fine physically, but quite a little delicate emotional flower.
Props to both Sharna and Derek for finesse, humor and compassion under pressure.
I love this site and so enjoy everyone’s comments and opinions.
donna z – thanks for the insightful comments.
I too am impressed with Sharna and Andy.
I also appreciate your comments re: Derek’s partners – those that are so down on Derek need to appreciate how he works around his partners injuries (and the # of partners he’s had with injuries is mind boggling) and he shows so much compassion and care for each of them.
As I said in another post, I blame Oksana’s flying hair for not letting me notice Sharna when she was in The Troupe. Thanks TPTB for making Sharna a Pro. She’s becoming one of my favorite pros (right next to Derek and Anna).
And kuddos for a great couple. At first I really thought Andy was going to be the star I would despise, but he turned out to be lovable, funny and talented.
Long life to King Andy and Queen Sharna!
@Ivan – “I blame Oksana’s flying hair for not letting me notice Sharna when she was in The Troupe.”
That is too funny but so true.
I haven’t read one negative thing about these two as of yet anywhere, but they still landed in the bottom 2. I hope the viewers rally to their support this week.
Vogue as always thank you for these. I loved reading what Sharna had to say and as many others have mentioned I knew nothing about her or Andy before this show. I knew we would see her dance when she was in the troupe, but never read anything about her. I absolutely love her personality and choreography. I am so glad that she has become a Pro and we have gotten to know her as a person. Andy is someone that has surprised me so much and each week I do vote some for him because I do want to see the two of them continue this journey a lot longer. Like others I plan on watching their jazz routine yet again because it was so much fun and so look forward to seeing them dance this coming week as I know it is a story that both have been hoping to be able to share with us.
@donna z I don’t know if you will see this post or not, but I so enjoyed reading what you had to say about pain and having four people in your life that are dealing with back and neck injuries. I have lived with chronic pain since 2004 and a good day for me is when the medicine they give me to deal with this works. I had 5 back surgeries with two fusions so have rods and screws in my back that has taken away my mobility. The last one did not work and the end result is this chronic pain and loss of mobility. I have tried everything out there because when you have something like that you search for anything to bring you relief. The thing with pain in no one can see it and while I may look perfectly fine to someone I am not. I am on disability which I didn’t even feel like I deserved to be because I have a different image in my head of what I perceive a disabled person has to look like. I always thought it should be visual to everyone. It was my doctors who told me and got it through my head that yes I was indeed disabled because I no longer can do any of the things I use to love to do. I no longer can work, clean my own house and the list goes on. The thing I miss the most is dancing. I danced with my husband for 16 years and it was absolutely wonderful for so many reasons. I am nothing like the people on this show and didn’t dance all the dances that they do, but I don’t care what type of dancing a person does it brings such joy to you.
That is why I love watching this show and why I love this site. My computer has become my world as I read and watch everything I possibly can. I can’t always comment on every single post, but I do always read everything on this site. Thank you all for that.
I’m another one who didn’t really notice Sharna in the troupe. Until Sharna came along this season, I didn’t have a favorite female pro…but I do now. I love their vibe and hope to see them for many more weeks. Their dances make me feel happy and leave me smiling.
I’ve been splitting my votes between them and another couple. since they were in the bottom two this week, I’ll have to start going all in for Andy now. I can’t wait to see their dance this week!
Sharna deserves all the praise she is getting. I also think she is doing a damn fine job with Andy. Keep it up!
You guys are awesome. Thanks for all of your fun and touching comments. xxx
I’m loving her and the job she does with Andy. I think it must be hard but she’s great at it. The couple is nice and Andy is a good character.
I have to say I like the new pros. New blood, new choreographies, new approach. I’m enjoying this season.
IMO the best thing TPTB have done is make Sharna a pro she was my favorite troupe memeber,now she is my favorite female pro and as a fan im happy others are seeing how impressive she is