Emma Slater

Emma Slater is an English-American professional dancer and choreographer. She is best known for her appearances on Dancing with the Stars.

Emma Slater
Slater in 2013
Occupation	Dancer/choreographer
Years active	2006–present
Spouse(s)	Sasha Farber (m. 2018)
Website	www.emmaslater.com

Personal life

Emma Slater was raised in Tamworth, Staffordshire, UK, where she joined local stage schools taking part in numerous productions at an early age.[1] She has a twin sister, Kelly, a costume designer and stylist on Dancing with the Stars.[2] At the age of 10, Slater started her training in ballroom and Latin American dance. In the early years of competing, she won a number competitions in England.[3] At 15, she appeared in a George Michael music video "Round Here" produced by Bikini Films on location in London.[4] Later that year, Slater took part in the fitness video "Latinasize" again filmed at the Pinewood Studios in London England.[5] She dated fellow Dancing with the Stars member Sasha Farber from 2011 to 2014.[6] In December 2015, Farber made a post on his Instagram account confirming that he and Slater were back together. On 4 October 2016, Farber proposed to Slater during a broadcast of Dancing with the Stars.[7] Slater married Farber on 25 March 2018, with fellow Dancing with the Stars pros Lindsay Arnold, Witney Carson, and Jenna Johnson serving as bridesmaids, and Derek Hough serving as one of Farber's groomsmen.[8] She became an American citizen in December 2020.[9]

Competitive dancing

Slater has numerous titles to her name, notably in 2005 aged 16, she won the British Under 21 Latin American Championships at the Blackpool Closed 2005.[4][10] She won the 2006 United Kingdom Under 21 Latin American Championships at the Bournemouth Pavilions, England.[4][11] Ranked in the world's top 10, Slater went on to represent the UK in competitions around the world.[12][13]

Theatre

At 16, Slater joined the hit theatre show ‘Simply Ballroom’ touring UK, including Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London's West End, United Arab Emirates and South Africa.[14][15] While in South Africa Slater appeared on Dancing with the South African Stars with her celebrity partner TV Host Dalen Lance.[16] Following Simply Ballroom, Slater had an extended run in London's West End with theatre shows; Dirty Dancing at the Aldwych Theatre where she was the Principal Latin Dancer/Ballroom Supervisor, but also understudied and played the principal role of Lisa Houseman, ‘Cheek to Cheek’ at The Coliseum and ‘Latin Fever’ at the Peacock Theatre.[4]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Simply Ballroom	Principal Dancer	UK & World Tour
2005	George Michael Music Video	Feature Dancer	Round Here
2006	Cuban Groove	Dance Captain	Europe Tour
2007	Dirty Dancing	Principal Dancer Ballroom Supervisor	Aldwych Theatre
2008	Cheek to Cheek	Lead Latin/Ballroom Dancer	DuBeke/Boag Coliseum Theatre
2008	Latin Fever	Principal Dancer	Bennett/Kopylova Peacock Theatre
2009–2011	Burn the Floor	Lead Dancer	London's West End, Broadway and World Tour

In 2009 Slater joined the stage show Burn the Floor for the China tour initially but later joined the cast for an extended run at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway New York City and a world tour covering: Belgium, Holland, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Canada, New Zealand, West End London, a nine-month USA multi-city tour.[17] She also danced and advised on UK's ITV Popstar to Opera Star on a number of occasions.[18]

Mamma Mia!

In 2008, Slater was featured [19] in the Universal Pictures movie Mamma Mia! starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth, directed by Phyllida Lloyd – this included singing on the Grammy nominated soundtrack for the movie with the cast, produced by ABBA.[20] The movie was shot in part on the Greek island of Skopelos but primarily inside Pinewood Studios London.

Dancing with the Stars

In March 2012, Slater joined the fourteenth season on the American edition of Dancing with the Stars as a troupe dancer, where she danced and choreographed all of the opening dance numbers including the finale. Later that year, she choreographed Usher at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas including partner work with co-choreographer and also troupe member, Sasha Farber.[21]

After three seasons of being a troupe member, she was announced as one of the new female professional dancers for the seventeenth season of the show in September 2013. Her celebrity partner was award-winning comedian, singer and actor, Bill Engvall.[20] Despite receiving low scores from the judges for most of the season, they were able to reach the finals but were eliminated at the end of the first night, landing them in 4th place. For season 18, she returned as a professional dancer partnered with movie actor Billy Dee Williams. Due to a back injury on Billy Dee, they withdrew from the competition on Week 3. For season 19, she was paired with race-car driver Michael Waltrip and they finished in 7th place. For season 20, she paired with LMFAO singer Redfoo but on week 2, they were the first couple eliminated.[22][23] For season 21 she paired with Vine star Hayes Grier.[24] They were eliminated on Week 7 and finished in 8th place. Slater did not participate in Season 22 of the reality show.[25]

Slater returned for season 23 and was paired with former Texas governor and two time presidential candidate Rick Perry. They were eliminated on week 3 of competition and finished in 12th place. She returned for season 24 and was paired with NFL running back Rashad Jennings; Jennings and Slater won the competition on 23 May 2017, marking Slater's first win.

For season 25, Slater was partnered with realtor, and Property Brothers co-host, Drew Scott. They made the finals of the competition but were eliminated on night one, finishing in 4th place.

For season 26, Slater was paired with former MLB outfielder Johnny Damon. They were eliminated on the first week of competition, tying in 9th place with Jamie Anderson and Artem Chigvintsev.

For season 27, she was partnered with actor & country music singer John Schneider.[26] The couple was eliminated on week 7 of competition and finished in joint 7th place with DeMarcus Ware and Lindsay Arnold.

She also did a junior version (Dancing With The Stars Jrs.) The show hosted by Jordan Fisher and Frankie Muniz and judges Adam Rippon, Mandy Moore and Valentin Chmerkovskiy. She mentored Raven's Home actor Jason Maybaum and pro Elliana Walmsley. They got out at week 5.

For season 28, Slater was paired with actor James Van Der Beek. Despite earning high scores from the judges throughout the season and being considered frontrunners to win, the couple was eliminated during the semi-finals of the competition where they finished in 5th place.

For season 29, Slater was paired with former NBA player Charles Oakley. They were the first couple to be eliminated and finished in 15th place.[27]

• Scores out of 40 are adjusted to be out of 30.

Season	Partner	Place	Average
17	Bill Engvall	4th	22.5
18	Billy Dee Williams	10th	15.0
19	Michael Waltrip	7th	18.4
20	Redfoo	12th	20.0
21	Hayes Grier	8th	24.2
23	Rick Perry	12th	16.0
24	Rashad Jennings	1st	27.0
25	Drew Scott	4th	23.8
26	Johnny Damon	9th	18.0
27	John Schneider	7th	22.2
28	James Van Der Beek	5th	25.1
29	Charles Oakley	15th	13.5

Season 17: with celebrity partner: Bill Engvall (average: 22.5)

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot / "Hot Stuff"	6	6	6	No Elimination
2	Jive / "Crocodile Rock"	7	7	7	Last to be called safe
3	Paso Doble / "William Tell Overture"	8	8	8	Safe
4	Samba / "Cuban Pete"	7	7*	7	Safe
5	Viennese Waltz / "She's Always a Woman"	8	8	8	Safe
6	Tango / "Cheeseburger in Paradise" Switch-Up Challenge	8 Awarded	8 1	7 Point	No Elimination
7	Quickstep / "Viva Las Vegas" Team Freestyle "Bom Bom"	8 9	7 9	8 9	Last To Be Called Safe
8	Disco / "Strong Enough" Dance Off / "Song for the Lonely"	8 Lost	8* The	8 Event	Safe
9 Quarter-Finals	Charleston / "Yakety Yak" Trio Challenge Salsa / "Candy"	7 7	7 7	7 7	Last to be called Safe
10 Semi-Finals	Cha-cha-cha & Argentine Tango / "Sexy and I Know It"	7 8	7 8	7*/7 8*/8	Last to be called Safe
11 Finals	Viennese Waltz / "She's Always a Woman" Samba Relay / "No Scrubs" Freestyle / "The Raiders March"	8 Awarded 8	8 2 9	8 Points 8	Eliminated

• Former professional dancer and two-time champion, Julianne Hough became Goodman's replacement as judge for that week, due to his commitments with the British version of the show, Strictly Come Dancing.
• For week 8 singer Cher was the guest judge for Len.
• For week 10 former pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy was a guest judge.

Season 18: with celebrity partner: Billy Dee Williams (average: 15.0)

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Star Wars Theme"	5	5	5	No Elimination
2	Tango / "Peter Gunn Theme"	5	5	5	Safe
3	Waltz	N/A	N/A	N/A	Withdrew

Season 19: with celebrity partner: Michael Waltrip (average: 25.9)

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score				Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Hough	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Born to Be Wild"	7	6	6	6	Safe
2	Samba / "Girls in Bikinis"	6	6	6	6	Last to be called safe
3	Waltz / "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"	7	7^1	7	7	Safe
4	Quickstep / "Givin' It Up for Your Love"	6	7^2	6	6	Last to be called safe
5^3	Disco / "Car Wash"	5	5^4	5	5	No Elimination
6	Argentine Tango / "Give Me Everything"	8	7^5	8	7	Safe
7	Jive / "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" Team Freestyle / "Black Widow"	5 9	5 9	5 9	5 9	Safe
8	Foxtrot / "You'll Be in My Heart" Rumba Dance-Off / "I'm Not the Only One"	6 No	7 Extra	6 Points	6 Awarded	Eliminated

¹Score given by guest judge Kevin Hart in place of Goodman.

²The American public scored the dance in place of Goodman with the averaged score being counted alongside the three other judges.

³This week only, for "Partner Switch-Up" week, Waltrip performed with Witney Carson instead of Slater. Slater performed with Tommy Chong.

⁴Score given by guest judge Jessie J in place of Goodman.

⁵Score given by guest judge Pitbull in place of Goodman.

Season 20: with celebrity partner: Redfoo (average: 26.5)

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score				Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Hough	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Juicy Wiggle"	6	5	5	6	No Elimination
2	Jive / "My Sharona"	8	7	8	8	Eliminated

Season 21: with celebrity partner: Hayes Grier (average: 24.2)

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Hough	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Cheerleader"	7	7	7	No Elimination
2	Foxtrot / "This Is How We Roll" Quickstep / "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"	8 8	7 7	7 8	Safe
3	Jive / "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme"	7	8^1/7	8	Safe
4	Contemporary / "Stitches"	9	9	9	Safe
5^2	Viennese Waltz / "Like I'm Gonna Lose You"	8	8/7^3	7	No Elimination
6	Jazz / "You're the One That I Want"	8	8/8^4	8	Safe
7	Waltz / "Once Upon a Dream" Team Freestyle / "This Is Halloween"	8 10	9 10	9 10	Eliminated

¹ Score given by guest judge Alfonso Ribeiro.

² This week only, for "Partner Switch-Up" week, Grier performed with Allison Holker instead of Slater. Slater performed with Alek Skarlatos.[28]

³ Score by guest judge Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

⁴ Score given by guest judge Olivia Newton-John.

Season 23: with celebrity partner: Rick Perry (average: 21.7)

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score				Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Hough	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "God Blessed Texas"	5	5	5	5	No Elimination
2	Quickstep / "Green Acres Theme"	6	5	6	5	Safe
3[29]	Paso Doble / "Tamacun"	6	5	6	6	Eliminated

Season 24: with celebrity partner: Rashad Jennings (average: 36.0)

This season was Slater's first ever win in the competition. This also makes her the first British person (both celebrity or professional dance partner) to win the show.

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score				Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Hough	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "24K Magic"	8	7	8	8	No Elimination
2	Viennese Waltz / "Suffer"	8	8	8	8	Safe
3	Samba / "Swalla"	7	7	7	7	Safe
4	Contemporary / "Unconditionally"	10	9	10	10	Safe
5	Foxtrot / "Evermore"	7	8	9	8	Safe
6	Tango / "Reach Out I'll Be There" Team Freestyle / "Dancing Machine", "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" & "Best Song Ever"	9 8	9 8	10^1 9^1	9 8	Safe
7	Paso Doble / "O Fortuna" Jive Dance-Off / "Gimme Some Lovin'"	9 Awarded	9 2	10^2 Extra	9 Points	Safe
8	Jive / "Shake a Tail Feather" Trio Argentine Tango / "Dreams"	9 10	9 9	9 10	9 10	Last to be Called Safe
9 Semifinals	Rumba / "Say You Won't Let Go" Quickstep / "Yes I Can"	9 10	9 9	10 10	10 10	Safe
10 Finals	Viennese Waltz / "Dark Times" Freestyle / "Let's Go" & "Uptown Funk" Cha-cha-cha & Tango Fusion / "I Don't Like It, I Love It"	10 10 10	10 10 9	10 10 10	10 10 10	Winner

¹ Score given by guest judge Nick Carter.
² Score given by guest judge Mandy Moore.

Season 25: with celebrity partner: Drew Scott (average: 23.8)

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot / "Our House"	6	5	5	No Elimination
2	Quickstep / "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" Rumba / "Lights Down Low"	7 7	6 7	7 7	Safe
3	Argentine Tango / "Red Right Hand"	8	7	8	No Elimination
4	Jive / "Don't Stop Me Now"	8	8	8	Safe
5	Viennese Waltz / "The Rainbow Connection"	9	8	8	Safe
6	Paso Doble / "Legend"	7	7/9^1	7	Safe
7	Charleston / "Remains of the Day" Team Freestyle / "The Phantom of the Opera"	9 10	9 10	9 10	Safe
8	Waltz / "Both Sides, Now" Cha-Cha-Cha / "Get Up Offa That Thing"	7 9	7 8	8 8	Safe
9	Tango / "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" Jazz / "Yeah!"	8 8	8 8	8 8	Safe
10	Paso Doble / "Get Ready" Freestyle / "The Ding-dong Daddy of the D-Car Line"	9 9	9/9^2 10/10^2	9 10	Eliminated

¹ Score given by guest judge Shania Twain.
² Score given by guest judge Julianne Hough.

Season 26: with celebrity partner: Johnny Damon (average: 18.0)

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot / "Centerfield"	6	6	6	Eliminated

Season 27: with celebrity partner: John Schneider (average: 22.2)

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot / "Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)"	7	5	6	Safe
2	Charleston / "New York's My Home" Jive / "King Creole"	8 7	7 6	8 7	Last to be called safe
3	Waltz / "Smile"	7	7	7	Safe
4	Trio Argentine Tango / "Torn"	7	7	7	Safe
5	Quickstep / "I Wan'na Be Like You"	8	8	8	No Elimination
6	Paso Doble / "Main Titles (from Beetlejuice)"	6	7	6	Safe
7	Jazz / "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" Team Freestyle / "9 to 5"	8 10	9 9	8 10	Eliminated

Season 28: with celebrity partner: James Van Der Beek (average: 25.1)

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Tango / "Whatever It Takes"	7	7	7	No Elimination
2	Cha-cha-cha / "Dancing on the Ceiling"	7	6	7	Safe
3	Rumba / "Shallow"	8	7	8	Safe
4	Quickstep / "Walking on Sunshine"	7	7^1/7	7	Safe
5	Paso Doble / "He's a Pirate"	9	8	9	No Elimination
6	Samba / "Light It Up"	9	9	9	Safe
7	Viennese Waltz / "I Put a Spell on You" Team Freestyle / "Somebody's Watching Me"	9 9	9 9	9 9	Safe
8	Contemporary / "Don't Stop Believin'"	10	10	10	Safe (Immunity)
9	Jive / "I'm So Excited" Jazz / "Bye Bye Bye"	9 9	9/9^2 8/10^2	9 9	Safe
10 Semifinals	Cha-cha-cha / "Canned Heat" Foxtrot / "Take Me to Church"	8 9	8 9	8 9	Eliminated

¹ Score given by guest judge Leah Remini.

² Score given by guest judge Joey Fatone.

Season 29: with celebrity partner Charles Oakley (Average: 13.5)

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Hough	Tonioli
1	Salsa / "In da Club"	4	4	4	No Elimination
2	Cha-cha-cha / "Never Too Much"	5	5	5	Eliminated

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External links

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