What's up? I'm Alan burstyn.
I'm on dancing with the Stars tour
and I'm so excited to talk with you.
We have been to Louisville many,
many times and we actually
had a day off here on Monday,
so it was nice to see.
And yeah, it was fun.
The weather's nice.
And so tell me a little bit. In the show.
I am one of the dancers on the show
and dancing with the stars is an
amazing show we've been touring for.
I think this is my 9th tour
and every show is so different,
but it is a lot of fun.
I'm so happy that I'm able to
be on that stage again,
dancing for everyone in person.
The show has been on since about 2000.
Yeah, I think one of the.
Competitions. I mean, just how.
I mean, what does it feel like to be able
to kind of be part of that tradition?
You know, we just finished season 31,
which is amazing.
And I remember watching this as a kid.
And to be part of it,
to have won and just to be on tour
with dancing with the Stars is just
so much fun and it it still is a
dream come true every single night.
So we're so lucky to be able to
perform here at the Louisville
Palace tonight for you guys.
I guess your favorite memory
that you've had. I mean,
either just touring or even while
you were on dancing with the stars.
What? Give me a couple.
I mean, I feel like the best
memory is winning season 28.
That was a lot of fun.
And it really, I mean you.
I can't put into words how
amazing that feeling is.
Just being part of the show is
something that's so special.
There's only, I think,
like 15 pros on the show and it's it's
something that I never take for granted.
It is such a fun experience.
It's a lot of hard work,
there's a lot of stress,
but it's the most rewarding
thing I've ever done.
And to finally win that show is.
It just and it's a dream come true.
And like after I won, I just want
to do it again and again and again.
It's so much fun dancing on that stage,
so I'm very lucky.
How have you? I guess,
personally grown as a dancer.
To join this. But how have you grown?
Have you kind of seen yourself?
Oh, for sure.
I feel like dancing with the stars.
Yeah, I get to teach the celebrities,
but I learned so much from them and I've
grown so much from that whole experience
and it it really is something like.
I mean, yeah, I'll give you an example.
Amanda Clutes when I was
with her for season 30.
I gotta teach her dances and we did some
amazing dances that were so fulfilling,
but she taught me so much more about
just perseverance and and not.
Even when something is so difficult and you
don't know how you're gonna keep going,
just stay positive, move forward.
And things like that are so
much more than Just Dance steps.
You know,
it's it's you learn so much from the show,
so I am so happy.
You know. Dance with the.
That's so much fun.
Growth whenever you worked with
them during the season. Ohh
see. I feel like everyone grows a lot.
Even if you come in with dance
experience or without dance experience,
the journey is still you're growing so much,
whether it's from no steps to learning
how to dance or from knowing a
little bit of dance to being like,
almost professional, you know?
Luckily this tour we have
Gabby Wendy with us.
She got second place this season.
It was probably the most
competitive season ever.
Gabby is such a good dancer and I
get to dance with her on this show,
and we get to do.
That I actually filled in
for her this season for Val.
And we got to do an Argentine tango,
so we gotta do that on tour
and there's a lot of fun and I
mean everyone just so great.
That's so awesome.
So for people who you know.
This is such an iconic show.
And just how can?
How does the tour kind
of differentiate from,
you know what you have to
do with dancing with the
stars during in season?
Well, no one goes home, so that's good.
It's just a fun, carefree environment.
You come to the show, you, you,
you leave with a smile on your face.
And I think that's what
we're all excited about,
is that no matter what's going on in
the world or in the lives of people,
they can come here, relax for two
hours and just enjoy dancing and.
And have a good time and
and leave wanting more.
Yeah.
You know, the opening number is really,
really good just because we've had,
we had Mandy Moore direct this and she
is an incredible choreographer and
director and she for the first time
we're doing like this long opening
number where it's every single dance
that you're going to see and it's
just a little taste and it's fun.
It's the theme, the theme song of the show,
which we've never done before.
So it's just, it's it's very I guess.
It's it's very informative,
but it's very impressive and
iconic all in the first number.
But there's so many numbers,
and I feel like in this show
there could be 3 separate shows.
It's just built so beautifully
and it's a lot of fun to dance.
Nine tours, yeah. I mean,
just what keeps you coming back?
Like, yeah, sign me up,
let's go, let's go do it again.
It's the energy from the audience.
The the audience is so
infectious with the energy,
and it feels so good to be on that stage.
And there's something special about
looking out and seeing somebody smiling
and knowing that I can help that
person be happy and have them smile.
So I love it.
I'm going to tour forever.