{"id":45097,"date":"2025-08-28T14:05:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/28\/taylor-swift-backup-dancer-jan-ravnik-joins-dancing-with-the-stars\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T14:05:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:05:26","slug":"taylor-swift-backup-dancer-jan-ravnik-joins-dancing-with-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/28\/taylor-swift-backup-dancer-jan-ravnik-joins-dancing-with-the-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Backup Dancer Jan Ravnik Joins &#8216;Dancing With the Stars&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Eras Tour proved to be a proper training camp for dancer Jan Ravnik, who is ready to enter his <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/dancing-with-the-stars\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dancing-with-the-stars\" data-tag=\"dancing-with-the-stars\">Dancing With the Stars<\/a> <\/em>era. \u201cI traveled all around the world with the Eras Tour and now I\u2019m coming to the ballroom stage with \u2018Dancing With the Stars,&#8217;\u201d Ravnik told <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/culture\/story\/pro-dancer-jan-ravnik-joins-dancing-stars-season-125036729\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Good Morning America<\/em> of joining the show as a pro.<\/a> \u201cThe Mirrorball never goes out of style, and we are ready to win it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tRavnik\u2019s partner on the series will be revealed in the lead-up to Season 34, set to premiere on ABC and Disney+ on Sept. 16, 2025. While he joins as a first-time pro, the list of celebrities participating in the new season is growing. <em>The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/em>\u2018 Jen Affleck and Whitney Leavitt will appear, as well as Hilaria Baldwin, Alix Earle, and Robert Irwin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI still can\u2019t find the words to fully describe what I\u2019m feeling. It\u2019s like there\u2019s this weight in my chest, a mix of gratitude, love, and sadness, because saying \u2018thank you\u2019 just doesn\u2019t seem enough,\u201d Ravnik wrote on Instagram when the 149-date Eras Tour came to an end. \u201cI never imagined I\u2019d be performing in front of sold out stadiums across the globe. Night after night, I got to share the stage with the most dedicated, creative, and passionate people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tRavnik spent each night on stage with fellow dancers Amanda Balen, Audrey Douglass, Kameron Saunders, Karen Chuang, Kevin Scheitzbach, Natalie Lecznar\/Reid, Natalie Peterson, Raphael Thomas, Sam McWilliams, Sydney Moss, Tamiya Lewis, Taylor Banks, Tori Evans, and Whyley Yoshimura.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn addition to joining Swift on the road, Ravnik appeared at the 97th Academy Awards and joined Mariah Carey for <em>Mariah Carey Christmas: The Magic Continues <\/em>and her Merry Christmas to All Tour. He previously performed with Paula Abdul, Bruno Mars, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/taylor-swift-backup-dancer-dancing-with-the-stars-1235417365\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eras Tour proved to be a proper training camp for dancer Jan Ravnik, who is ready to enter his Dancing With the Stars&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":45098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}