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‘DWTS’ Couple Makes Surprise Return to the Stage Where Their Love Story Began
Former ‘DWTS’ pros Maks Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd announce their return to the dance floor where their love story first began.
Former Dancing with the Stars pros Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd have fans buzzing after a big announcement. While neither Murgatroyd nor Chmerkovskiy are pros on season 35 of DWTS, the couple is heading back to the dance floor very soon.
On September 28, the Dancing with the Stars alums shared their news via Instagram. The caption read, “BURN THE FLOOR PRESENTS! MAKS & PETA LIVE.”
Chmerkovskiy and Murgatroyd will be doing the next Burn The Floor tour, which begins in the U.S. in 2027.
The Instagram announcement teased, “Maks Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd are returning to the show where it all began. Since their first days with Burn the Floor, they have danced on some of the biggest stages in the world, built extraordinary careers, married, started a family, and lived a lifetime together both on and off the dance floor.”
Now, the announcement raved, Murgatroyd and Chmerkovskiy return to Burn the Floor “Not as the dancers they were, but as the artists they have become. More fearless. More personal. More sensual.”
Murgatroyd told Us Weekly, “I had always hoped that this call would come through one day—that Burn the Floor is coming back to America, I can join up again, we can go back to Broadway, maybe.”
She added, “It just feels so surreal and just really special that we can do this again.”
As Us Weekly noted, an earlier Burn the Floor tour is where the sparks first flew for Chmerkovskiy and Murgatroyd. She joined the tour in 2004, and five years later, it debuted on Broadway. Chmerkovskiy was added to the cast at that point.
Chmerkovskiy said, “We couldn’t be happier. It’s a dream come true.”
Murgatroyd and Chmerkovskiy’s return with Burn the Floor hits the stage on March 19 and continues through May 16 in the U.S. There are also a handful of dates in Toronto, Ontario, from May 18 to May 23.
Murgatroyd joined Dancing with the Stars for season 13, and she most recently competed during season 32 with The Brady Bunch star Barry Williams. She won twice, in season 14 with Donald Driver and again in season 22 with Nyle DiMarco.
Chmerkovskiy started with Dancing with the Stars much earlier, becoming a pro in season 2. The last season he competed was season 25, and during his time on the show, he won once, with Meryl Davis in season 18.
