Weekly Update

WEEKLY UPDATE

Screencap Courtesy of ABC

Tristan was unable to be at the Season 16 finale, but he choreographed a magical performance for Dorothy Hamill who was joined on the dance floor by Kristi Yamaguchi, Henry Byalikov, and Sasha Farber. Thank you, Tristan, for giving us such a memorable season.

To watch Dorothy, Kristi, Henry, and Sasha again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xRVfGHNMV4
(video via TheVideoVault You Tube Channel)

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For the latest information on all things Tristan, here are some great links.

Tristan's Facebook Fan Page
https://www.facebook.com/TristanMacManusFanPage
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Tristan's Fan Twitter - @T_MacManusFocus
https://twitter.com/T_MacManusFocus
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Tristan's DWTS Team Twitter - @TeamMacManus
https://twitter.com/TeamMacManus
(Note: This was formerly @TeamHamill and the name will change again for Season 17)
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Tristan's Fan Pinterest
http://pinterest.com/tmacmanusfocus/
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Holland America Cruises - Dancing With the Stars: At Sea Pinterest
http://pinterest.com/halcruises/dancing-with-the-stars-at-sea/**

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Scheduled Appearances

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Tristan will not be dancing in the finale of DWTS Season 16, but check back here frequently for the latest information.

The following information is based on information received from various sources but is subject to change. Please always check with the venue directly to verify Tristan's participation.

June 8-9, 2013 - Ballroom With A Twist - Denver

http://denver.broadwayworld.com/article/BALLROOM-WITH-A-TWIST-Comes-to-Denver-68-9-20130402

June 13, 2013 - New Britain Rock Cats baseball

http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130513&content_id=47413862&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_l113&sid=l113

June 15, 2013 - Life's A Dance - Pensacola

http://eventsatcovenant.org/lifesadance/

http://www.pensacolasaenger.com/events/5th-annual-lifs-a-dance/

June 21, 2013 - Meet and Greet at Akron Aeros vs. New Britain baseball game

http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20130305&content_id=42290428&sid=t402&vkey=tickets

http://www.milb.com/documents/2/8/2/46235282/Tristan_MacManus_Appearance_2umrhm67.pdf

Summer, 2013 - Holland America Cruises - Tristan and Kym Johnson are the featured DWTS pros on the 7 day Alaska cruises departing June 30, 2013 and July 7, 2013. For more information:

http://www.hollandamerica.com/pageByName/Simple.action?requestPage=DWTS&WT.ac=pnav_Onboard_DWTS

July 22-August 3, 2013 - Ballroom With a Twist - Cape Playhouse - Dennis Village, MA

http://www.capeplayhouse.com/2013/2013Show4.htm

August 7, 2013 - Ballroom With a Twist - Vienna, VA

http://www.wolftrap.org/Find_Performances_and_Events/Performance/13Filene/0807show13.aspx

August 8-9, 2013 - Ballroom With a Twist - Beverly, MA

http://www.nsmt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25 (scroll down on the page)

Screencap Courtesy of AfterBuzzTV

Tristan, Emma Slater, and Sasha Farber were the guests on Dancing With the Stars AfterBuzz TV Aftershow (May 8, 2013). Watch it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sKBnNcy7EA

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Tristan danced with Kellie and Derek in their Paso Trio. Watch it again!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8uRUAGPL5M

Here are Tristan, Kellie, and Derek in the Week 8 Backstage Confessional (at 2:24)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VV3kHnvb0qA#t=144s

Screen Cap Courtesy of ABC

Photo Courtesy of Adam Taylor / ABC

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Message from Tristan via Twitter

"Big thanks to everyone for all your kind words and continued support each and every week much appreciated, gotta love the macmaniacs!!!"

--- @TristanMacManus

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April 26, 2013 Interview With Tristan

Huge thanks to Tristan for taking time out of his always busy schedule to answer our questions. Enjoy this fun Q and A from Friday, April 26!

It was great seeing you back on Dancing With the Stars during Week 5, and we especially loved your performance with Witney Carson during the results show. Tell us about that – it looked incredibly intricate and difficult, yet you and Witney seemed to embrace the dance and let the story develop.

I loved dancing with Witney - she is so good and fun to be around, and Teddy Forance is unreal. I was a bit in two minds about doing the number. I really wanted to work with those two but at the same time I wasn’t too sure about doing the contemporary as it’s not really my style but Teddy made it work for me which I was happy about. He is very much a 'guy' dancer and let me do things I felt comfortable doing. I really enjoyed working with them for sure.

Len’s side by side challenges were great fun from the fans’ point of view. Would you share a little about working with Emma, Victor, and Lindsay for the Viennese Waltz and again with Chelsie, Peta, and Sean for the Quickstep? There must be some good stories to tell.

I always love working with Emma, and Vic and I hang out so rehearsals were fun. I love Emma’s dancing so it was great to dance with her but also it is good to work with the guy celebrities as well - if nothing else just for a new perspective for them and to freshen things up even for a week. We had great laughs there. I always love hanging out with Peta as well. She is one funny girl, and I was interested to get to know Sean. He is cool, real down to earth, and a bit of a dry sense of humor which kept me entertained while working.

Every time you and Sean are on our tv screen at the same time, we can’t help but laugh. You guys seemed to have a great time working together, and if nothing else, we were hugely entertained. How did all the silliness begin?

Yeah, like I said Sean is a good guy- the show really pushed the bromance thing which gets a bit old, but we do genuinely get on with each other so most of the interaction was just us really making fun of the situation and at how bizarre the intent of the packages was. Someone would start a ridiculous conversation, and we would just roll with it. I wasn’t expecting the rose thing so we tried to make that as ridiculous as possible. My language I guess was cut out of a lot of the footage. Haha!

We got a huge kick out of “Dressing For Dance With Tristan MacManus” - the DanceJunkiesTV segment with Stuart Brazell and Rib Hillis. That must have been a lot of fun, and you guys had lots of laughs. Would you share some of that day with us?

Stuart and Rib are cool. I didn’t actually know what to expect to be honest. I had done Dance Junkies before so I thought I was just coming in to talk about the show but it turned into the dress up thing. When I got there they told me Emma had done it the week before and had some sumo suit on so I didn’t know then what was gonna happen, and then when they showed me the costumes I was trying not to offend anyone, so I just gave them the clothes and left it to them.

You’ve been all over the place the last few weeks – the DanceJunkiesTV piece, the DWTS Week 5 Pre-Show, the April 3 AfterBuzzTV segment and so much more. You seem so comfortable with all of it, and your sense of humor is always evident. Have you ever thought about being on the other side of the camera and being the one asking the questions? You seem like a natural!

Yeah, I’ve done a few of the talking things the last few weeks which I do really enjoy doing. It’s easy enough to just talk for me - being Irish I guess. I like the idea of interviewing or just talking on shows but that’s out of my hands. If I’m asked, I’ll do it. Hopefully that is something I can get into.

A couple of weeks ago, we all saw the photos of you and Anna with Mark Walberg, Marysol Castro, and Poncho De Anda. What's the occasion?

I’m not too sure what I can and can’t say about that project to be honest but we worked with Poncho and Marysol for a few days. I really just helped out on the project that Anna was working on, but I had a blast. Marysol is so funny- I could work with her all day long. Mark’s humor is very much like Tom’s as well so he is cool to be around. Maybe I’ll keep schtum on that, and I’m sure it will come out when it needs to or maybe someone else involved will talk more about it if they can.

We’ve seen some notifications come in about your off-season appearances – the two Holland America cruises as well as a couple of appearances in Ballroom with A Twist. Do you have any other definite plans right now? Do you have any more DWTS performances or other appearances scheduled for the upcoming weeks?

I don’t have too many definite plans at the minute to be honest. There are a few irons in the fire but you never know with this industry until you are actually on the stage or behind the camera if things are going to happen or not. There are a few things I’m trying to put together and get involved in but until they are signed and sealed it’s hard to say. It’s fair to say though if you don’t see me I’m busy working on something. I may be on the show over the next few weeks. I always want to be involved but again it’s not my call. We just have to wait and see what the producers want.

In our last Q and A, you explained some of the challenges of teaching the Jive. What approach do you take when teaching Cha Cha? What particular challenges are there?

The challenges of each dance really depend on the person who is doing it but the rhythms can be difficult for people. At the same time it’s a dance that people I feel find more familiar. Everyone knows 'cha cha cha'. It’s a fun dance to do, and I think people feel that and enjoy learning that you just got to move in it. Some find it hard to do when they stiffen up because of certain rotations but it’s great to do when you get it.

The pros and troupe members always seem to have great camaraderie and get along great. Tell us – who is the biggest prankster on the show?

Farbs!

Thanks, Tristan! Until next time....

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Screencap Courtesy of ABC

Photo Courtesy of Adam Taylor / ABC

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Links, Links, and More Links...

Below are the links since May 1, 2013 to information, video, and photos. Additional links are posted and archived within the site on our forum.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

http://instagram.com/p/ZWQjT-D0av/ (photo via DWTS Official Instagram)

wet.pt/YW5n5O (see #2 on this list from DWTSWetpaint about what went wrong in 2013 on DWTS)

Thursday, May 9, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sKBnNcy7EA (AfterBuzzTV with Tristan, Emma, and Sasha)

https://twitter.com/Jake_DuPree/status/332393721339461632/photo/1 (Photo from Jake Dupree of AfterBuzzTV)

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VV3kHnvb0qA#t=144s (Tristan, Kellie, Derek in the Week 8 backstage confessional)

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/photos/Dancing-With-The-Stars-2013---Season-16:-Week-8-dances-Photos/9092370?photo=57 (Tristan, Derek, and Kellie's Paso Trio - 57 - 52)

http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/dancing-with-the-stars/dancing-with-the-stars-week-8-performance-rankings-41127.aspx

Monday, May 6, 2013

https://twitter.com/DancingABC/status/331583720010170370/photo/1 (Photo from @DancingABC - red room)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8uRUAGPL5M (The Trio Paso with Kellie and Derek)

https://vine.co/v/b2aZiZMpmpI (from Dancing ABC)

http://instagram.com/p/Y-5v4Nj0cH/ (photo - Tristan, Derek, and Kellie from DWTS Official Instagram)

Thursday, May 2, 2013

http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Tristan+MacManus/DWTS+Cast+Heads+to+Rehearsal/d93uO6fyqeP?pa=1&u=qVKiqcq4UqP&tb=I&e=alert&l=title (photos outside rehearsal)

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

http://instagram.com/p/YxvLSYp5Qq/# (Witney Carson Instagram photo)

http://tvrecaps.ew.com/recap/dwts-andy-dick-sharna-burgess-eliminated-week-7/2/

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/04/30/andy-dick-voted-off-dancing-with-the-stars/?mod=google_news_blog

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Photo Courtesy of ABC

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Remember When...

Tristan was named as one of the Breakout Stars of 2011 by TV Guide. We agree! Read about it here:

http://www.tvguide.com/special/best-of-year-2011/PhotoGallery/Best-Year-Breakout-1040041/1040053

Photo Courtesy of Adam Taylor / ABC