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Fabian Sanchez is a professional dancer born in New York City, New York, who grew up in Colombia. He currently resides in Chelsea, Alabama. Fabian was the 2006 Mambo world champion.
Sanchez joined as a pro dancer on ABC's hit Dancing with the Stars, Season 6 and was paired with Oscar winner and deaf actress Marlee Matlin. [1] He and his wife are owners of a Fred Astaire Dance Studios franchise in Birmingham, Alabama. Fabian will[ needs update ] be the new Salsa/Mambo choreographer for SYTYCD season 7
With celebrity partner Marlee Matlin:
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
| Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
| 1 | Cha-cha-cha/ "Get on Your Feet" | 7 | 7 | 8 | N/A |
| 2 | Quickstep/ "Mack the Knife" | 8 | 8 | 8 | Safe |
| 3 | Jive/ "You May Be Right" | 7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 4 | Viennese Waltz/ "She's Always a Woman" | 8 | 8 | 8 | Safe |
| 5 | Samba/ "Samba Hey" | 7 | 7 | 8 | Safe |
| 6 | Mambo/ "Mi Tierra" Country Western/ "Cotton-Eyed Joe" | 7 No | 7 Scores | 7 Given | Eliminated |
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William McChord Hurt is an American actor. He studied at the Juilliard School and began acting on stage in the 1970s. Hurt made his film debut in 1980 as a troubled scientist in Ken Russell's science-fiction feature Altered States, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. In 1981 he played a leading role, as a lawyer who succumbs to the temptations of Kathleen Turner, in the neo-noir Body Heat. He played another leading role, as Arkady Renko, in Gorky Park (1983).
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