Emma Louise Slater (born 25 December 1988) is an English professional dancer/choreographer. She is best known for her appearances on Dancing with the Stars.

Personal life

Emma Slater is from Tamworth in England where at an early age she joined local stage schools taking part in numerous productions. At the age of 10 Slater started her training in Ballroom and Latin American dance. In the early years of competing she won a number competitions in England. At 15 she appeared in a George Michael music video "?Round Here"? produced by Bikini Films on location in London England. Later that year Slater took part in the fitness video "?Latinasize"? again filmed at the Pinewood Studios in London England. She dated fellow Dancing with the Stars member Sasha Farber from 2011 to 2014. In December 2015, Farber made a post on his Instagram account confirming that he and Slater were back together. On October 4, 2016, Farber proposed to Slater during a broadcast of Dancing with the Stars. The two are now engaged.

Competitive dancing

Slater has numerous titles to her name, notably in 2005 aged 16, she won the British Under 21 Latin American Championships at the Blackpool Closed 2005. She won the 2006 United Kingdom Under 21 Latin American Championships at the Bournemouth Pavilions, England. Ranked in the world's top 10, Slater went on to represent the UK in competitions around the world.

Theatre

At 16, Slater joined the hit theatre show "?Simply Ballroom"? touring UK, including Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London's West End, United Arab Emirates and South Africa. While in South Africa Slater appeared on Dancing with the South African Stars with her celebrity partner TV Host Dalen Lance. Following Simply Ballroom, Slater had an extended run in London's West End with theatre shows; Dirty Dancing at the Aldwych Theatre where she was the Principal Latin Dancer/Ballroom Supervisor, but also understudied and played the principal role of Lisa Houseman, "?Cheek to Cheek"? at The Coliseum and "?Latin Fever"? at the Peacock Theatre.

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Simply Ballroom	Principal Dancer	UK & World Tour
2005	George Michael Music Video	Feature Dancer	Round Here
2006	Cuban Groove	Dance Captain	Europe Tour
2007	Dirty Dancing	Principal Dancer Ballroom Supervisor	Aldwych Theatre
2008	Cheek to Cheek	Lead Latin/Ballroom Dancer	DuBeke/Boag Coliseum Theatre
2008	Latin Fever	Principal Dancer	Bennett/Kopylova Peacock Theatre
2009-2011	Burn the Floor	Lead Dancer	London's West End, Broadway and World Tour

In 2009 Slater joined the stage show Burn the Floor for the China tour initially but later joined the cast for an extended run at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway New York City and a world tour covering: Belgium, Holland, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Canada, New Zealand, West End London, a nine-month USA multi-city tour. She also danced and advised on UK"?s ITV Popstar to Opera Star on a number of occasions.

Mamma Mia!

In 2008, Slater was featured in the Universal Pictures movie Mamma Mia! starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth, directed by Phyllida Lloyd - this included singing on the Grammy nominated soundtrack for the movie with the cast, produced by Abba. The movie was shot in part on the Greek island of Skopelos but primarily inside Pinewood Studios London. The movie included cameo appearances from Benny Andersson and Bjrn Ulvaeus from Abba.

Dancing with the Stars

In March 2012, Slater joined the fourteenth season on the American edition of Dancing with the Stars as a troupe dancer, where she danced and choreographed all of the opening dance numbers including the finale. Later that year, she choreographed Usher at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas including partner work with co-choreographer and also troupe member, Sasha Farber.

After three seasons of being a troupe member, she was announced as one of the new female professional dancers for the seventeenth season of the show in September 2013. Her celebrity partner was award-winning comedian, singer and actor, Bill Engvall. Despite receiving low scores from the judges for most of the season, they were able to reach the finals but were eliminated at the end of the first night, landing them in 4th place. For season 18, she returned as a professional dancer partnered with movie actor Billy Dee Williams. Due to a back injury on Billy Dee, they withdrew from the competition on Week 3. For season 19, she was paired with race-car driver Michael Waltrip and they finished in 7th place. For season 20, she paired with LMFAO singer Redfoo. On Week 2, they were the first couple to be eliminated. For season 21 she paired with Vine star, Hayes Grier. They were eliminated on Week 7 and finished in 8th place. Slater did not participate in Season 22 of the reality show.

Slater returned for season 23 and was paired with former presidential candidate Rick Perry. They were eliminated on week 3 of competition and finished in 12th place.

Season	Partner	Place
17	Bill Engvall	4th
18	Billy Dee Williams	10th
19	Michael Waltrip	7th
20	Redfoo	12th
21	Hayes Grier	8th
23	Rick Perry	12th

Season 17: with celebrity partner: Bill Engvall (average: 22.5)

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot / "Hot Stuff"	6	6	6	No Elimination
2	Jive / "Crocodile Rock"	7	7	7	Last to be called safe
3	Paso Doble / "William Tell Overture"	8	8	8	Safe
4	Samba / "Cuban Pete"	7	7*	7	Safe
5	Viennese Waltz / "She's Always a Woman"	8	8	8	Safe
6	Tango / "Cheeseburger in Paradise" Switch-Up Challenge	8 Awarded	8 1	7 Point	No Elimination
7	Quickstep / "Viva Las Vegas" Team Freestyle "Bom Bom"	8 9	7 9	8 9	Last To Be Called Safe
8	Disco / "Strong Enough" Dance Off / "Song for the Lonely"	8 Lost	8* The	8 Event	Safe
9 Quarter-Finals	Charleston / "Yakety Yak" Trio Challenge Salsa / "Candy"	7 7	7 7	7 7	Last to be called Safe
10 Semi-Finals	Cha-cha-cha & Argentine Tango / "Sexy and I Know It"	7 8	7 8	7*/7 8*/8	Last to be called Safe
11 Finals	Viennese Waltz / "She's Always a Woman" Samba Relay / "No Scrubs" Freestyle / "The Raiders March"	8 Awarded 8	8 2 9	8 Points 8	Eliminated

• Former professional dancer and two-time champion, Julianne Hough became Goodman's replacement as judge for that week, due to his commitments with the British version of the show, Strictly Come Dancing.
• For week 8 singer Cher was the guest judge for Len.
• For week 10 former pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy was a guest judge.

Season 18: with celebrity partner: Billy Dee Williams (average: 15.0)

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Star Wars Theme"	5	5	5	No Elimination
2	Tango / "Peter Gunn Theme"	5	5	5	Safe
3	Waltz	N/A	N/A	N/A	Withdrew

Season 19: with celebrity partner: Michael Waltrip (average: 25.9)

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score				Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Hough	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Born to Be Wild"	7	6	6	6	Safe
2	Samba / "Girls in Bikinis"	6	6	6	6	Last to be called safe
3	Waltz / "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"	7	71	7	7	Safe
4	Quickstep / "Givin' It Up for Your Love"	6	72	6	6	Last to be called safe
53	Disco / "Car Wash"	5	54	5	5	No Elimination
6	Argentine Tango / "Give Me Everything"	8	75	8	7	Safe
7	Jive / "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" Team Freestyle / "Black Widow"	5 9	5 9	5 9	5 9	Safe
8	Foxtrot / "You'll Be in My Heart" Rumba Dance-Off / "I'm Not the Only One"	6 No	7 Extra	6 Points	6 Awarded	Eliminated

¹Score given by guest judge Kevin Hart in place of Goodman.

²The American public scored the dance in place of Goodman with the averaged score being counted alongside the three other judges.

³This week only, for "Partner Switch-Up" week, Waltrip performed with Witney Carson instead of Slater. Slater performed with Tommy Chong.

⁴Score given by guest judge Jessie J in place of Goodman.

⁵Score given by guest judge Pitbull in place of Goodman.

Season 20: with celebrity partner: Redfoo (average: 26.5)

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score				Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Hough	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Juicy Wiggle"	6	5	5	6	No Elimination
2	Jive / "My Sharona"	8	7	8	8	Eliminated

Season 21: with celebrity partner: Hayes Grier (average: 24.2)

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
		Inaba	Hough	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Cheerleader"	7	7	7	No Elimination
2	Foxtrot / "This Is How We Roll" Quickstep / "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"	8 8	7 7	7 8	Safe
3	Jive / "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theme"	7	81/7	8	Safe
4	Contemporary / "Stitches"	9	9	9	Safe
52	Viennese Waltz / "Like I'm Gonna Lose You"	8	8/73	7	No Elimination
6	Jazz / "You're the One That I Want"	8	8/84	8	Safe
7	Waltz / "Once Upon a Dream" Team Freestyle / "This Is Halloween"	8 10	9 10	9 10	Eliminated

¹ Score given by guest judge Alfonso Ribeiro.

² This week only, for "Partner Switch-Up" week, Grier performed with Allison Holker instead of Slater. Slater performed with Alek Skarlatos.

³ Score by guest judge Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

⁴ Score given by guest judge Olivia Newton-John.

Season 23: with celebrity partner: Rick Perry (average: 21.7)

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score				Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Hough	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "God Blessed Texas"	5	5	5	5	No Elimination
2	Quickstep / "Green Acres Theme"	6	5	6	5	Safe
3	Paso Doble / "Tamacun"	6	5	6	6	Eliminated

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