Dmitry Chaplin
Dmitry Chaplin (Дмитрий Александрович Чаплин Dmitry Alexandrovich Chaplin) is a Russian dancer, choreographer, and actor, best known for being a Top 10 finalist on the second season of the dance competition series So You Think You Can Dance. While competing on the series, he became known for performing shirtless, with one solo routine having him rip off his shirt. In 2009, Chaplin was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his choreography.
Dmitry Chaplin
July 14, 1982
Professional dancer, choreographer, actor
Early life and education[edit]
Dmitry Chaplin was born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on July 14, 1982. As of 2020, he lives in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from School #8 in Rostov-on-Don and Minnetonka High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and attended Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, New York, for one semester.
After So You Think You Can Dance[edit]
After the So You Think You Can Dance Tour, Dmitry moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in show business. He has also taught dance classes at Mary Murphy's Champion Ballroom Academy.[3]
On June 30, 2007, Dmitry was the only So You Think You Can Dance participant to appear on the Reality All-Stars fund raising event.
In March 2008 he served as a judge at the Broadway Dreams Dance Competition in Niagara Falls, Canada.
On April 9, 2008, Dmitry performed together with professional dancer Fabienne Liechti in the Idol Gives Back fund-raiser on Fox's American Idol.
Chaplin was selected to be a professional on season 8 of Dancing with the Stars. While he was originally supposed to have Jewel as his celebrity partner, she withdrew because of fractured tibias in both legs; his partner ended up being Holly Madison. Madison and Chaplin were eliminated in the fourth week of the competition. This was not, however, Chaplin's first DWTS appearance: when Aretha Franklin appeared as a guest performer in season 7, Chaplin performed a routine with other DWTS performers Karina Smirnoff, Anna Trebunskaya, and Louis van Amstel. Chaplin finished in 2nd place in season 9 of Dancing with the Stars with singer, Mýa. He most recently competed on season 12 of Dancing with the Stars with supermodel Petra Němcová. They were the fourth couple eliminated on April 19, 2011.
Dmitry choreographed Chelsie Hightower and Joshua Allen in an Argentine Tango to "A Los Amigos" from the Forever Tango soundtrack in July 2008; a year later he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography.[4]
On August 28, 2018, Dmitry began to dance in the Ukrainian version of the show Dancing with the Stars. He was partnered with Ukrainian X-Factor and Ukraine's Got Talent host Oksana Marchenko.[5]
Personal life[edit]
In the realm of personal relationships, Dmitry entered into matrimony with Eugenia Shatilova, a highly accomplished professional ballroom dancer, in October of 2017. After a duration of six years, the couple reached the decision to amicably part ways, ultimately finalizing their divorce proceedings in February of 2023.