Acting Ballas in 2013Īs an actor, Ballas played the lead role of Tony in the musical Copacabana and was the lead dancer in the UK national tour of the Spanish musical Maria de Buenos Aires. With his former partner Julianne Hough, he won the Junior Latin American Dance Championship and the gold medal at the Junior Olympics. He then moved on to win championships at The British Open to the World, The US Open to the World, and The International Open to the World. In 2005, he was awarded "Performer of the Year". At the age of 11, he earned a full-time slot at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London, as well as earning a full scholarship. Career Early life īallas attended Rosemead Preparatory School in South London. The two became engaged in November 2015 after three years of dating, and were married on 25 November 2016, in Malibu, California.
īallas is a member of singer-songwriter duo Alexander Jean along with his wife, BC Jean. His paternal great-grandparents, Karolos ("Charles") Ballas and Maria Lymnaos were immigrants to the United States from Greece. His paternal grandfather, George Ballas, was the inventor of the Weed Eater lawn-trimming device. His mother also has distant Malagasy ancestry from Madagascar.
His paternal grandparents were of Mexican and Greek background, and his mother is originally from the United Kingdom and is of predominantly English heritage. Ballas released his first solo CD HurtLoveBox in March 2011.īallas was born in Houston, Texas, the son of dancers Corky Ballas and Shirley Ballas (née Rich). He began competing on the show in season five during the fall of 2007 and was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Choreography in 2011. (born May 24, 1986) is an American dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter, musician, and actor.īallas is a professional ballroom dancer on the ABC program Dancing with the Stars.
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