Daniella Karagach
Daniella Brittany Karagach Pashkova is an American dancer. Karagach and dance partner Leonid Juashkovsky are three-time United States junior I and II Latin champions. They were the 2007 junior II 10 dance champions. Abroad, they reached the finals in the Celtic Classic, Moscow Open and Barcelona Open. Karagach and Juashkovsky were the United States representatives to the World Championships in Latvia, Russia and Barcelona. They appeared on seasons 2 and 3 of America's Ballroom Challenge on PBS. She became a professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars in 2019.
Daniella Karagach | |
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| Born | Daniella Brittany Karagach December 26, 1992 Brooklyn, New York, U.S |
| Occupation | Dancer Choreographer |
| Known for | Dancing with the Stars |
| Spouse(s) | Pasha Pashkov (m. 2014) |
Career
Karagach began a dance partnership with Pasha Pashkov in January 2009. Together, they are seven-time United States 10-Dance Champions and Latin Champions. Karagach and Pashkov were selected to represent the U.S. at the 2009 World Games in Taiwan. They made the semifinal in the world championship, taking place in Spain. They represented the U.S. at the 10 Dance World Championship in Austria, the Ballroom World Championship in Germany in November 2010 and the World Cup in Korea.
In 2011, they represented the U.S. at the World 10 Dance Cup in Szombathely, Hungary (June 2011), World Latin Championship in Singapore (September 2011), World Ballroom Championship in Moscow, Russia (Oct. 2011), as well as the Ten Dance World Championship in Shanghai, China (November 2011). In October 2011, they won the UK Open Ten Dance Championship, which took place in London.
In 2012 they became the U.S. dance national Latin champions. In 2012, they made the semifinal of the Blackpool Dance Festival.
They were featured in the touring shows Dancing Pros (2014) and Dance Legends (2015).
In 2017, after turning professional in the Latin Dancesport division, Karagach and Pashkov won the Blackpool (British Open) Rising Star Professional championship, as well as the UK Open Rising Star Professional championship. In 2018, they won the U.S. Latin American Showdance Championship. They appeared on NBC's 2nd season of World of Dance (2018).[1]
Karagach and Pashkov are each among the professional ballroom dancers on the 28th season of Dancing with the Stars, on ABC television.
On 29th season of Dancing with the Stars, Daniella was paired up with the celebrity and grammy-award winning rapper Nelly for her first time as a pro dancer on Dancing With The Stars. They received low scores, but due to the fanbase and support that Nelly had, they managed to make it to the finals and placed 3rd in the show.
| Season | Partner | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | Nelly | 3rd |
Season 29: with celebrity partner Nelly (Average: 23.5)
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
| Inaba | Hough | Tonioli | |||
| 1 | Salsa / "Ride wit Me" | 5 | 5 | 6 | No Elimination |
| 2 | Cha-cha-cha / "Let's Groove" | 6 | 6 | 6 | Safe |
| 3 | Foxtrot / "It's All Right" | 6 | 6 | 6 | Safe |
| 4 | Paso Doble / "All I Do is Win" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 5 | Samba / "Rhythm of the Night" | 8 | 8 | 8 | Safe |
| 6 | Viennese waltz / "Humble and Kind" | 8 | 8 | 8 | Safe |
| 7 | Argentine tango / "Can't Feel My Face" | 9 | 9 | 9 | Safe |
| 8 | Rumba / "Nobody Knows" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 9 | Jazz / "California Love" | 8 | 8 | 8 | Safe |
| 10 | Paso Doble/Run Boy Run | 9 | 9 | 8 | Safe |
References
- "Pasha & Daniella". NBC. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
External links
- PBS. "America's Ballroom Challenge". Retrieved November 9, 2018.
- "American Dancer - May / June 2009". calameo.com. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
- "DancesportInfo.net". dancesportinfo.net. Retrieved November 9, 2018.