OlderDWTS' Sharna Burgess Reveals The Biggest Things Pros Have to Learn Being on the Show: 'It's Not About You, It's About Them'
Sharna Burgess is such an amazing dancer – you know it, and we know it.
However, she doesn’t want you to just watch her dance – she wants you to watch her partner dance.
“That’s a big thing you have to learn when being a pro,” Sharna told EW in a new interview. “Because we are professional dancers, we can easily upstage our partners. Easily.”
She continues, “If you focus on your own dancing and not theirs, that essentially is what is going to happen. As a pro, you have to learn it’s not about you. It’s not about your dancing. It’s about you guiding and making sure they have got this and they are going to perform it to their best ability.”
“You have to find a balance between hyping them up, being excited and going full-out for them, and also taking a back seat enough so you allow them to shine.”
Sharna adds that most pros have an unspoken language with their partners for the season, and that’s what will help them succeed on the show.
“…You’ve got little reminders, little things throughout the dance to remind them to keep their posture up, keep their arms, whatever it is. We are focusing on that more than our own performance. You are kind of smiling and talking at the same time.”
Sharna and her partner, footballer Josh Norman, will be performing two dances tonight on Dancing With The Stars @ 8PM ET/PT on ABC.
