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Armenian Paul Karmiryan among the Top 20 dancers of FOX TV dance show
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13:56 22.06.2013
Paul Karmiryan thinks he can dance - and, so far, the judges of the
show 'So You Think You Can Dance' think so as well. The 21-year-old
Glendale resident is among the Top 20 dancers chosen to move on to the
final round of the hit FOX TV dance show. He will compete against
other dancers from throughout the U.S. who are vying to earn the title
America's Favorite Dancers, the Glendale News-Press reports.
`I'm kind of in shock. It's kind of unreal,' Karmiryan said this week
about making it to the Top 20. `I'm very happy to be where I am right
now.'
Judges from the show, now in its 10th season, travel around the
country to local competitions and choose dancers to compete in Las
Vegas, where they work with choreographers. Twenty dancers are then
chosen to take part in the live show competitions taking place this
summer. Eliminations of couples take place each week until the final
winning couple is chosen.
Karmiryan may have a leg up on the competition - he won the Armenian
version of `So You Think You Can Dance' two years ago. It was during
his first visit to his family's home country that his friends and
family pushed Karmiryan, who had only been dancing Latin Ballroom for
three years, to audition for the show.
`Things progressed, and I stayed for six months,' he said.
Karmiryan said the experience of being on the show was quite different
>From the U.S. version, mainly because Armenia is quite a bit smaller
than the U.S. But the experience, he said, `taught me a lot as a
person ... and it helped me become a better dancer.'
Karmiryan moved to Glendale from Armenia with his family when he was 6
years old. The only dance experience he had prior to ballroom was
traditional Armenian dancing. `Nothing serious,' he said.
He started learning Latin ballroom at the age of 17, which puts him at
a great disadvantage in the competition as he is going up against much
more experienced dancers. However, he is determined to do his best.
`I set my mind to it,' he said. `I knew I was going up against people
who have been dancing their whole lives. I really knew how much [hard
work] I had to put in.'
He trains every day. `It's insane,' Karmiryan said. `[I train]
literally from morning to night.'
In addition to taking classes in all genres, Karmiryan competes
regularly and credits much of his success to his dance coach Grigori
Sedrakyan, who is also from Armenia and owns the Matador Dance Studio
in Glendale.
`He has helped me so much with everything,' Karmiryan said. `As much
work as I put into [dance] myself, I couldn't do anything without
him.'
Sedrakyan, who started late in dancing as well, at age 13, holds
Armenian, U.S. and World Champion Dance titles. Now retired from
competition and with additional dance studios in Armenia, Beirut and
Belgrade, he said he enjoys seeing students such as Karmiryan follow
in his footsteps.
`After you stop dancing, you want someone to continue [with your
work],' Sedrakyan said. `Right now I am getting that from my students,
and he's one of the top ones. I am enjoying dancing through him.'
Karmiryan's family is also supportive of his dance aspirations.
`My family is so proud of me,' he said. `My mom is so excited. She's
ecstatic. It feels so good to make my parents proud. They've supported
me so much. I'm really lucky to have amazing parents.'
As to what will take place this summer during the final rounds of `So
You Think You Can Dance,' Karmiryan said he's `definitely nervous. I
don't know what I am going to get. If it's my genre it will be a lot
easier.'
Each week he will dance with a different partner and the dance genre
will be randomly `picked out of a hat.' He will have one week to
prepare to perform. When it comes down to the final couples and weeks,
the dancers will also perform solos.
`There's a lot of factors that come into play that make it exciting,
but nerve-racking,' Karmiryan said. `Will America like you? Will you
perform well? Will the judges like me?'
Whatever the outcome, Karmiryan hopes to keep dancing and maybe
someday earn a world dance title.
`There are so many goals I have,' Karmiryan said of his dancing. `This
show will help.'
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/06/22/armenian-paul-karmiryan-among-among-the-top-20-dancers-of-fox-tv-dance-show/
13:56 22.06.2013
Paul Karmiryan thinks he can dance - and, so far, the judges of the
show 'So You Think You Can Dance' think so as well. The 21-year-old
Glendale resident is among the Top 20 dancers chosen to move on to the
final round of the hit FOX TV dance show. He will compete against
other dancers from throughout the U.S. who are vying to earn the title
America's Favorite Dancers, the Glendale News-Press reports.
`I'm kind of in shock. It's kind of unreal,' Karmiryan said this week
about making it to the Top 20. `I'm very happy to be where I am right
now.'
Judges from the show, now in its 10th season, travel around the
country to local competitions and choose dancers to compete in Las
Vegas, where they work with choreographers. Twenty dancers are then
chosen to take part in the live show competitions taking place this
summer. Eliminations of couples take place each week until the final
winning couple is chosen.
Karmiryan may have a leg up on the competition - he won the Armenian
version of `So You Think You Can Dance' two years ago. It was during
his first visit to his family's home country that his friends and
family pushed Karmiryan, who had only been dancing Latin Ballroom for
three years, to audition for the show.
`Things progressed, and I stayed for six months,' he said.
Karmiryan said the experience of being on the show was quite different
>From the U.S. version, mainly because Armenia is quite a bit smaller
than the U.S. But the experience, he said, `taught me a lot as a
person ... and it helped me become a better dancer.'
Karmiryan moved to Glendale from Armenia with his family when he was 6
years old. The only dance experience he had prior to ballroom was
traditional Armenian dancing. `Nothing serious,' he said.
He started learning Latin ballroom at the age of 17, which puts him at
a great disadvantage in the competition as he is going up against much
more experienced dancers. However, he is determined to do his best.
`I set my mind to it,' he said. `I knew I was going up against people
who have been dancing their whole lives. I really knew how much [hard
work] I had to put in.'
He trains every day. `It's insane,' Karmiryan said. `[I train]
literally from morning to night.'
In addition to taking classes in all genres, Karmiryan competes
regularly and credits much of his success to his dance coach Grigori
Sedrakyan, who is also from Armenia and owns the Matador Dance Studio
in Glendale.
`He has helped me so much with everything,' Karmiryan said. `As much
work as I put into [dance] myself, I couldn't do anything without
him.'
Sedrakyan, who started late in dancing as well, at age 13, holds
Armenian, U.S. and World Champion Dance titles. Now retired from
competition and with additional dance studios in Armenia, Beirut and
Belgrade, he said he enjoys seeing students such as Karmiryan follow
in his footsteps.
`After you stop dancing, you want someone to continue [with your
work],' Sedrakyan said. `Right now I am getting that from my students,
and he's one of the top ones. I am enjoying dancing through him.'
Karmiryan's family is also supportive of his dance aspirations.
`My family is so proud of me,' he said. `My mom is so excited. She's
ecstatic. It feels so good to make my parents proud. They've supported
me so much. I'm really lucky to have amazing parents.'
As to what will take place this summer during the final rounds of `So
You Think You Can Dance,' Karmiryan said he's `definitely nervous. I
don't know what I am going to get. If it's my genre it will be a lot
easier.'
Each week he will dance with a different partner and the dance genre
will be randomly `picked out of a hat.' He will have one week to
prepare to perform. When it comes down to the final couples and weeks,
the dancers will also perform solos.
`There's a lot of factors that come into play that make it exciting,
but nerve-racking,' Karmiryan said. `Will America like you? Will you
perform well? Will the judges like me?'
Whatever the outcome, Karmiryan hopes to keep dancing and maybe
someday earn a world dance title.
`There are so many goals I have,' Karmiryan said of his dancing. `This
show will help.'