Daniella Karagach Reveals Her Strategy With DWTS Partner Dylan Efron for Season 34
Fresh off topping the Dancing with the Stars Season 34 leaderboard, pro Daniella Karagach lifts the lid on her partnership with Dylan Efron—from building a dancer from scratch to the grind behind the glitter—in a candid chat with Danielle Fishel.
Daniella Karagach and Dylan Efron are sitting at the top of the Dancing with the Stars Season 34 scoreboard, and Karagach just broke down how they got there in a new chat with Danielle Fishel. Short version: training celebrities is a grind, but Efron makes it easier than most.
What it actually takes to train a celebrity on DWTS
Karagach told Fishel that getting a non-dancer ready for live TV is all about patience and knowing how to guide someone from zero. Before she ever joined the show, she spent 10 years teaching both adults and kids, and she still leans on that method now. Ballroom, she said, is a surprisingly technical style with real rules to follow — there is literally a technique book — which helps when you are building someone up from scratch.
That does not mean it is plug-and-play. Every season brings a new crop of people who learn in completely different ways. Some take notes like champs. Others? Not so much. While sharing a quick laugh with Efron and Fishel, she made sure to clarify she was talking about past experiences when it comes to folks who do not handle critique well.
"He wants to do this properly and he doesn't want to just do it the easy way."
The Dylan Efron factor
Karagach did not mince words about her Season 34 partner: Efron is one of the easiest people she has worked with on the show. He is not chasing shortcuts; he is aiming to do it right and do it to the best of his ability — exactly what any pro wants from a partner. That mindset, paired with her methodical approach, helps explain why they are currently leading the pack this season.