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Louis Van Amstel, Ballroom Dance Choreographer

Louis van Amstel is a ballroom dance champion and professional dancer. He just joined "So You Think You Can Dance" (SYTYCD) as a choreographer in May 2009. Knowing nothing about Louis Van Amstel, my interest was piqued when Osuka, whose specialty is in ballroom, was very excited to have him choreograph for her. Louis was a choreographer and performer on "Dancing With The Stars" for four seasons.

This lens is part of a series including the choreographers from the Fox Reality Show SYTYCD. I'm a huge dance fan, although I've not studied dance in depth, and I've been wondering for the past five seasons, "Where did these great choreographers come from?" So the purpose of these lenses is to provide a short biography of each choreographer, and to remind you of their work on the show.

For a more in depth biography, see links below.

Louis van Amstel, born 1972 in Holland, is a professional dancer, choreographer, and a dancesport coach. He is a world championship ballroom dancer, and also known in American pop culture for partnering with actress Lisa Rinna in the second season of the American program Dancing with the Stars; he and Rinna came in 4th place.

Louis is the coach of Dmitry Chaplin, a Latin dancer best known for being a Top 10 finalist on FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance". Van Amstel has coached standard ballroom to professional ballroom dance competitors such as Nick Kosovich with Katarina Marks and Clive Phillips and Karen McDonald.

He attended the University of the Arts in Amsterdam, and in 1989 was partnered with the British dancer Julie Fryer. After retiring from competition, he moved on to choreography and production. He founded the company VanDance, LLC, and directed, produced, choreographed and performed in the Broadway show Latin Fusion. Louis has appeared on The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and had a cameo role as himself on ABC's All My Children, where he taught two characters to ballroom dance.

Louis Van Amstel Awards

United States Professional Latin American champion (2000)
7 Time Dutch National Amateur Champion
European Amateur Latin Champion ('95)
World Amateur Latin Champion ('94, '95)
Grand Slam Latin Champion ('95)
World Professional Showdance Champion ('96)
Professional World Latin Finalist ('96)

Louis Van Amstel Links

Dancing With Louis: More information about Louis Van Amstel; bio, pictures, video and more!
Louis Van Amstel on MySpace: Become a fan on Louis Van Amstel on MySpace
Louis Van Amstel on Twitter: Follow Louis on Twitter!

The Choreographers of "So You Think You Can Dance"

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Louis Van Amstel on Amazon

SYTYCD News

Louis Van Amstel's 'Dancing With the Stars' Season 14 Finale Dish: Who Will Win?: I hope you guys voted! What an awesome final it was tonight! Let me know what you think. You know where you can find me, @LouisvanAmstel on Twitter. Visit www.lablastfitness.com for more info about Louis Van Amstel, LaBlast or to find out how to get ...
Louis Van Amstel's 'Dancing With the Stars' Season 14 Dish: Classical Week Recap: You can tell how much Donald wants to learn to dance properly, putting his ego totally aside, and I'm so proud of Peta and what she's doing this season. While bringing out the best in Donald, she's blossoming as a woman and as a professional.
Louis Van Amstel's 'Dancing With the Stars' Season 14 Dish: Week 8: The three-time world dance champion and creator of LaBlast fitness-based dance DVD workouts starred on seven seasons of the hit ABC show and weighs in on the dances, the judges scores and who will be eliminated. You can find him on Twitter ...

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jamesnodturft Mar 30, 2011 @ 9:42 am | delete

I would love to see a comparison of the styles of the different ballroom choreographers on SYTYCD.

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EightBallAce Aug 8, 2009 @ 7:20 pm | delete

Louis is awesome! Glad you added him to your list of SYTYCD choreographers! Love the series.

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