Judges in "Dancing" on TNT: Egor Druzhinin, Miguel, Tatyana Denisova

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

In 2014, a project called "Dancing" began on TNT. Castings for a new and still completely unknown show took place in several large cities of Russia. Despite the fact that this project was little known at that time, thousands of dancers tried their hand to be in it and compete for the main prize of 3 million rubles. The notorious choreographers Miguel and Yegor Druzhinin were originally judges in "Dances".

Miguel

The creative path of Miguel, or Sergei Shesteperov, began with participation in musicals. Already at the age of 17, the young man performed on stage as part of the troupe of the musical "Metro". Later there were other works. Either fate intervened, or the circumstances so developed, but Miguel was kicked out of the musical Romeo and Juliet.

Later there was participation in the famous project "Star Factory-5", a creative union with clip maker Alan Badoev, the creation of a show that entered the Guinness Book of Records for its scale and popularity (the show was released in Ukraine and had the name "Maidan- S"). In 2014, it was the turn of a new TV project, in which Miguel acted not only as a choreographer, co-producer, mentorparticipants, but also as a judge of "Dancing" on TNT.

Egor Druzhinin

It's hard to say when Egor's creative path began, because he was lucky to be born in the family of a choreographer. From childhood, the boy watched the work of his father, which most likely determined his future dancing fate. After graduating from school, Yegor received his higher education at the Leningrad Institute of Theater, Music and Choreography. And after graduation, in 1994, he left for New York to study at a dance school.

After returning from America, Druzhinin worked as a choreographer with many popular artists and groups, and also taught choreography to "manufacturers" (participants of the "Star Factory"). Egor Druzhinin can often be seen as one of the judges of popular dance TV shows. In addition, he stages his productions, acts as a director, choreographer and artist in them.

Participation as a judge in the TV show "Dancing" began in 2014. He acted as a member of the jury and one of the mentors of the project for the first three seasons, and more recently, before the start of the fourth, information appeared in many sources that Yegor Druzhinin had left Dances. What is the reason for leaving, one can only guess, because initially Yegor commented on his departure on social networks by saying that he was tired of the show, tired of constantly being on the road, that "Dancing" began to take up most of his life, he is very attached to the participants and it is morally difficult for him part with them. And later there was information that the carefrom the project is primarily associated with a conflict with another mentor - Miguel.

Tatiana Denisova

Tatiana's hometown is Kaliningrad, but later the family moved to the Crimea, which at that time belonged to Ukraine. The girl's parents had nothing to do with dancing (her father was a sailor, her mother was a kindergarten teacher), but nevertheless they saw a talent in the girl and sent her to a dance studio.

Choreographer Tatyana Denisova first appeared in the project "Dancing" in the third season as an invited member of the jury. In Russia, Tatyana is little known, but in Ukraine she had a chance to judge on the famous dance project "Everybody Dance". Most recently, in 2017, the project was closed, and Yegor Druzhinin left Dances, and everything turned out in such a way that Tatyana Denisova was invited to work in Moscow as a mentor and judge in Dances on TNT.

Participants of the fourth season do not yet know how the new mentor will prove herself and what can be expected from her. But one thing is for sure: choreographer Tatyana Denisova is very talented, has a great sense of humor, she has great taste, and a truly talented dancer is unlikely to escape her professional eyes.

Other jury members

The concept of the show is such that in addition to the two main members of the jury, who, in addition to everything, are the mentors of the dancers, there is also a third one. He acts as an unbiased judge in "Dancing" on TNT. For the most part, this is the place of Sergei Svetlakov, but in his placeyou can see other popular people: Olga Buzova, Pavel Volya, Tatyana Denisova (in the third season, when she was not yet the show's mentors), Kristina Kretova, Garik Martirosyan and others.

TV project "Dancing"

With every season, the project is only gaining momentum. An increasing number of dancers every year come to the major cities of Russia for auditions. It is becoming more and more difficult for the judges of "Dances" on TNT to choose the most talented and capable dancers, because the bar is being raised higher and higher every year. And it’s getting harder and harder for the participants to surprise the project mentors, because it seems that they have already seen everything.

Many participants of previous seasons are still in demand, they star in videos, take part in many dance projects, some can be seen as choreographers in the "Dances" project. The fourth season is now in full swing. Who will receive the title of the best dancer of Russia and a prize of three million rubles this time? To find out, watch "Dancing" on TNT.