Television October 20, 2025
‘DWTS’: Elaine Hendrix & Alan Bersten Tease ‘Defying Gravity’ Dance (Exclusive)
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“Extra” caught up with “Dancing with the Stars” partners Elaine Hendrix and Alan Bersten as they rehearsed their “Defying Gravity” contemporary dance for “Wicked” night.
Alan shared, “We are going to defy gravity. We're very excited. It's an iconic song, probably one of the biggest songs from the movie. And it's a lot of pressure, but I feel like we're going to live up to that. We're going to teach Elaine how to fly.”
Hendrix added, “Literally!” saying, “So much of it's already built in, and we're just going to be really leaning into that.”
Bersten shared, “We're doing a contemporary [dance] so we can do lifts, we can do tricks, we can show the vulnerability, do the emotions. And I'm really excited about it because this is going to be the first time that I get to lift Elaine.”
Plus, since Elaine’s been working so hard on her dance moves, we flipped the script to let her teach Alan how to act with an iconic scene from “The Parent Trap.” Watch the video above!
