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{{short description|Russian ballroom dancer and reality TV contestant (born 1982)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dmitry Chaplin
| image = DSC03939 print.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|7|14}}
| birth_place = [[Rostov-on-Don]], [[Russian SFSR]], Soviet Union
| occupation = Professional dancer, choreographer, actor
| spouse = {{marriage|Eugenia Shatilova|2017|2023|end=div}}
| parents =
| children =
}}

'''Dmitry Chaplin''' ({{lang|ru|Дмитрий Александрович Чаплин}} ''Dmitry Alexandrovich Chaplin'') is a [[Latin dance|Russian dancer]], choreographer, and actor, best known for being a contestant on the second season of the dance competition series ''[[So You Think You Can Dance (American season 2)|So You Think You Can Dance]]'' as the sixth male contestant and in gender the sixth overall contestant to be eliminated. While competing on the series, he became known for performing shirtless, with one solo routine having him rip off his shirt. In 2009, Chaplin was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] for his choreography.

== Early life and education ==
Dmitry Chaplin was born in [[Rostov-on-Don]], Russia, on July 14, 1982. As of 2020, he lives in [[Los Angeles, California]]. He graduated from School #8 in Rostov-on-Don and [[Minnetonka High School]] in [[Minnetonka, Minnesota]], and attended [[Brooklyn College]] in [[Brooklyn, New York]], for one semester. 

== Career ==
Chaplin partnered with [[Heidi Groskreutz]] and was a national finalist in U.S. National Amateur [[Dancesport]] Championships in [[Provo, Utah]] that occurred on March 11, 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dancesportinfo.net/DisplayResults.aspx?CompID=2056&EventID=10203 |date=March 9, 2006 |title= US National Amateur Dancesport Championships }}</ref> His dancing coach since 2004 has been [[Louis van Amstel]], who was partnered with actress [[Lisa Rinna]] on the U.S. show ''[[Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'' that time.

In 2006, Chaplin was part of the top twenty contestants cast on [[So You Think You Can Dance (Season 2)|Season 2]] of ''[[So You Think You Can Dance (US)|So You Think You Can Dance]]''. His dance style was categorized as extremely masculine, and several episodes of the show featured parodies with other male contestants seeking Chaplin's advice.{{Clarify|reason=Advice on what?|date=August 2020}}

As a recurring theme, Chaplin would expose his chest while dancing; during one of his later performances, he deliberately teased the judges with an ending where he kept his shirt on.

Chaplin has stated,

{{quote|For the audience, it's kind of awkward to see my shirt open all the time, but as a ballroom dancer I always compete with open shirts. This is the custom. It's not like I just decided to come on the show and undress.}}

The judges generally rated his dancing positively, but call-in votes still repeatedly placed him in the bottom three couples each week. Two of his first pair, Joy Spears, and Aleksandra Wojda were eliminated consecutively, and a third, Ashlee Nino, after two weeks together, so he was labeled as being cursed. Chaplin was partnered with Donyelle Jones during the July 19 show, when all the contestants switched pairs. On the results show of July 20, it was revealed that Donyelle had "beaten the curse", but Chaplin was unable to beat it himself; he was eliminated along with [[Martha Nichols]].<ref>[http://www.fox.com/dance/recaps/218_results.htm Fox Broadcasting Company: So You Think You Can Dance] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070712104313/http://www.fox.com/dance/recaps/218_results.htm |date=July 12, 2007 }}</ref> Chaplin was on the [[So You Think You Can Dance (Season 2)|Season 2]] U.S. live tour, and performed before sold-out audiences with his fellow contestant.

For ''[[So You Think You Can Dance (Season 3)|Season 3]]'', Chaplin made an appearance as [[Mary Murphy (choreographer)|Mary Murphy]]'s assistant for the Latin dance portion of the Las Vegas eliminations.

On May 3, 2007, Chaplin made a special performance before the results were announced on the [[So You Think You Can Dance (Malaysia, Season 1)|''So You Think You Can Dance'' (Malaysia, Season 1)]].

On July 25, 2007, Chaplin, assisted by Heidi Groskreutz, choreographed a [[Samba (ballroom)|Samba]] routine for contestants [[Lacey Schwimmer]] and [[Danny Tidwell]].

On July 23, 2008, for ''[[So You Think You Can Dance (Season 4)|Season 4]]'', Chaplin choreographed an [[Argentine Tango]] routine for contestants [[Chelsie Hightower]] and [[Joshua Allen (dancer)|Joshua Allen]] which earned him an Emmy nomination.

On August 7, 2008, Chaplin partnered judge [[Mary Murphy (choreographer)|Mary Murphy]] in a surprise [[Samba (ballroom)|Samba]] on the ''Season 4'' finale.

October 2008: (''[[So You Think You Can Dance]] Holland''), Chaplin choreographed a Samba routine for contestants Sigourney and Ivan and a Rumba routine for contestants Annemiek and Timor.

On October 29, 2008, Chaplin choreographed a Samba routine for contestants of ''[[So You Think You Can Dance Canada]]'', Vincent-Oliver Noiseux and Lisa Auguste. On November 5, 2008, Chaplin choreographed a Jive routine for contestants of ''So You Think You Can Dance Canada'', Izaak Smith and Kaitlyn Fitzgerald. On December 5, 2008, Chaplin choreographed a Paso Doble routine for Top 4 contestants of ''[[Танцюють всі!|Танцюють Всi]]'' (Ukrainian ''So You Think You Can Dance''), Alexander Ostanin and Mariyam Turkmenbaev.

== After ''So You Think You Can Dance'' ==
After the ''So You Think You Can Dance'' Tour, Dmitry moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in show business. He has also taught dance classes at [[Mary Murphy (choreographer)|Mary Murphy]]'s [[Champion Ballroom Academy]].<ref>[http://www.championballroom.com/meet-the-staff.php Champion Ballroom Academy – Ballroom, Latin, Salsa, Swing Dance Lessons in San Diego] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524004347/http://www.championballroom.com/meet-the-staff.php |date=May 24, 2007 }}</ref>

On June 30, 2007, Dmitry was the only ''So You Think You Can Dance'' participant to appear on the Reality All-Stars fund raising event.

In March 2008 he served as a judge at the Broadway Dreams Dance Competition in Niagara Falls, Canada.

On April 9, 2008, Dmitry performed together with professional dancer ''[[Fabienne Liechti]]'' in the [[Idol Gives Back]] fund-raiser on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]'s ''[[American Idol]]''.

Chaplin was selected to be a professional on [[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 8)|season 8]] of ''[[Dancing with the Stars]].'' While he was originally supposed to have [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]] as his celebrity partner, she withdrew because of fractured [[tibia]]s in both legs; his partner ended up being [[Holly Madison]]. Madison and Chaplin were eliminated in the fourth week of the competition. This was not, however, Chaplin's first ''DWTS'' appearance: when [[Aretha Franklin]] appeared as a guest performer in [[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 7)|season 7]], Chaplin performed a routine with other ''DWTS'' performers [[Karina Smirnoff]], [[Anna Trebunskaya]], and [[Louis van Amstel]]. Chaplin finished in 2nd place in [[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 9)|season 9]] of ''Dancing with the Stars'' with singer, [[Mýa]]. He most recently competed on [[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 12)|season 12]] of ''Dancing with the Stars'' with supermodel [[Petra Němcová]]. They were the fourth couple eliminated on April 19, 2011.

Dmitry choreographed Chelsie Hightower and Joshua Allen in an [[Argentine Tango]] to "A Los Amigos" from the ''Forever Tango'' soundtrack in July 2008; a year later he was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography]].<ref>[http://cdn.emmys.tv/awards/2009ptemmys/61stemmys_noms.php Academy of Television Arts & Sciences] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718001718/http://cdn.emmys.tv/awards/2009ptemmys/61stemmys_noms.php |date=July 18, 2009 }}</ref>

On August 28, 2018, Dmitry began to dance in the Ukrainian version of the show ''[[Tantsi z zirkamy|Dancing with the Stars]]''. He was partnered with Ukrainian [[X-Factor (Ukrainian TV series)|X-Factor]] and [[Ukrayina maye talant|Ukraine's Got Talent]] host [[:uk:Марченко Оксана Михайлівна|Oksana Marchenko]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://1plus1.ua/tanci-z-zirkami/pary/oksana-marcenko-ta-dmitro-caplin | title=Оксана Марченко та Дмитро Чаплін }}</ref>

== Dancing with the Stars USA ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Season
! Partner
! Place
|-
|8
|[[Holly Madison]]
|11th
|-bgcolor="silver"
|9
|[[Mýa]]
|2nd
|-
|12
|[[Petra Nemcova]]
|8th
|}

== Dancing with the Stars Ukraine ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Season
!Partner
!Place
|-
|5
|[[:ru:Марченко, Оксана Михайловна|Oksana Marchenko]]
|7th
|}
{{Clear}}

=== With [[Holly Madison]] ===
*Average: 17.3
*Placed: 11th
{|class="wikitable" align="left"
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" align="Center"|'''Week #'''
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" align="Center"|'''Dance/Song'''
|colspan="3" bgcolor="CCCCCC" align="Center"|'''Judges' score'''
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" align="Center"|'''Result'''
|-
|-
|bgcolor="CCCCCC" width="10%" align="center"|Inaba
|bgcolor="CCCCCC" width="10%" align="center"|Goodman
|bgcolor="CCCCCC" width="10%" align="center"|Tonioli
|-
|-
|align="center" |1
|align="center" |[[Cha-cha-cha (dance)|Cha-Cha-Cha]]/ "[[Just Dance (song)|Just Dance]]"
|align="center" |6
|align="center" |6
|align="center" |6
|align="center" |No Elimination
|-
|-
|align="center" |2
|align="center" |[[Quickstep]]/"[[We Are in Love]]"
|align="center" |6
|align="center" |6
|align="center" |6
|align="center" |Safe
|-
|-
|align="center" |3
|align="center" |[[Samba (ballroom dance)|Samba]]/"[[Belly Dancer (Bananza)]]"
|align="center" |5
|align="center" |6
|align="center" |6
|align="center" |Bottom Two
|-
|-
|align="center" |4
|align="center" |[[Argentine Tango]]/"[[Libertango]]"
|align="center" |5
|align="center" |6
|align="center" |5
|align="center" |Eliminated
|}{{Clear}}

=== With [[Mýa]] ===
*Average: 27.3
*Placed: 2nd
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align: center; background:#ccc;"
| rowspan="2"|'''Week #'''
| rowspan="2"|'''Dance/Song'''
| colspan="3"|'''Judges' score'''
| rowspan="2"|'''Result'''
|- style="text-align: center; background:#ccc;"
| style="width:10%; "|Inaba
| style="width:10%; "|Goodman
| style="width:10%; "|Tonioli
|-
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|1
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Viennese Waltz]]/"[[Vision of Love]]" [[Cha-cha-cha (dance)|Cha-Cha-Cha]] Relay/"[[Centerfold (song)|Centerfold]]"
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8 Awarded
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|5 10
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8 Points
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe
|- style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"
|-
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|2
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Jive (dance)|Jive]]/"[[Would You...?]]"
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|*9
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe
|- style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"
|-
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|3
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Rhumba|Rumba]]/"[[Underneath Your Clothes]]"
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|10
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|7
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|10
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe
|- style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"
|-
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|4
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Lambada]]/"[[Ain't It Funny]]"
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|10
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe
|- style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"
|-
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|5
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Argentine Tango]]/"[[They (song)|They]]"
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe
|- style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"
|-
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|6
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|[[Jitterbug]]/"[[C'mon Everybody]]" [[Mambo (dance)|Mambo]] Marathon/"Ran Kan Kan"
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|8 Awarded
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|7 9
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|9 Points
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|Safe
|- style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|-
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|7
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|[[Foxtrot]]/"[[Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby]]" Team [[Paso Doble]]/ "[[I Hate Myself for Loving You]]"
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|8 8
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|8 8
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|9 8
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|Safe
|- style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"|
|-
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|8
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|[[Quickstep]]/"Baby Wants a Diamond Ring" [[Samba]]/"[[Bad Girls (Donna Summer song)|Bad Girls]]"
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|9 10
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|10 10
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|10 10
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|Safe
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|9 Semi-finals
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|[[Waltz]]/"Amore e Musica" [[Salsa (dance)|Salsa]]/"[[La Isla Bonita]]" [[cha-cha-cha (dance)|Cha-Cha-Cha]]/"[[Fire Burning]]"
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|9 10 9
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|9 10 10
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|10 10 10
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|Safe
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#faf6f6;"|10 Finals
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|[[Paso Doble]]/"[[We Will Rock You]]" Megamix/"[[You and Me (Lifehouse song)|You and Me]]"/ "[[Whenever, Wherever]]" / "[[Maniac (Michael Sembello song)|Maniac]]" [[Street dance|Freestyle]]/"[[You Can't Stop the Beat]]" [[Jive (dance)|Jive]]/"[[Would You...?]]"
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|10 10 9 9
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|10 10 9 9
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"|10 10 9 10
| style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6:"| '''Runner Up'''
|}{{Clear}}

* [[Baz Luhrmann]] was a guest judge for Week 2

=== With [[Petra Němcová]] ===
*Average: 21.2
*Placed: 8th
{|class="wikitable" align="left"
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" align="Center"|'''Week #'''
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" align="Center"|'''Dance/Song'''
|colspan="3" bgcolor="CCCCCC" align="Center"|'''Judges' score'''
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="CCCCCC" align="Center"|'''Result'''
|-
|-
|bgcolor="CCCCCC" width="10%" align="center"|Inaba
|bgcolor="CCCCCC" width="10%" align="center"|Goodman
|bgcolor="CCCCCC" width="10%" align="center"|Tonioli
|-
|-
|align="center" |1
|align="center" |Foxtrot/"[[Don't Know Why]]"
|align="center" |6
|align="center" |6
|align="center" |6
|align="center" |No Elimination
|-
|-
|align="center" |2
|align="center" |Jive/"[[Crazy Little Thing Called Love]]"
|align="center" |6
|align="center" |6
|align="center" |6
|align="center" |Safe
|-
|-
|align="center" |3
|align="center" |Waltz/"[[You Raise Me Up]]"
|align="center" |8
|align="center" |9
|align="center" |8
|align="center" |Safe
|-
|-
|align="center" |4
|align="center" |Paso Doble/"[[Carmen|Les Voici! Voici La Quadrille!]]"
|align="center" |8
|align="center" |7
|align="center" |8
|align="center" |Safe
|-
|-
|align="center" |5
|align="center" |Quickstep/"[[Viva Las Vegas (song)|Viva Las Vegas]]"
|align="center" |7
|align="center" |7
|align="center" |8
|align="center" |Eliminated
|}

{{Clear}}

=== With [[:ru:Марченко, Оксана Михайловна|Oksana Marchenko]] ===
*Average: 19.4
*Placed: 7th
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |Week #
! rowspan="2" |'''Dance/Song'''
| colspan="3" |'''Judges' score'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Result'''
|-
|Monatik
|Kukhar
|Yama
|-
|1
|Waltz/"Moon River" — [[Audrey Hepburn]]
|7
|6
|6
|No Elimination
|-
|2
|Samba/"Ain't It Funny" — [[Jennifer Lopez]]
|7
|6
|5
|No Elimination
|-
|3
|Rumba/"Young and Beautiful" — [[:uk:Лана Дель Рей|Лана Дель Рей]]
|7
|7
|7
|Safe
|-
|4
|Arg. Tango/"Por Una Cabeza" — Tango Project
|7
|6
|7
|Safe
|-
|5
|Freestyle/"Навернопотомучто" — [[Время и Стекло]]
|6
|6
|5
|Safe
|-
|6
|Foxtrot/"Жовтий лист" — [[:uk:Ротару Софія Михайлівна|Софія Ротару]]
|7
|7
|7
|Safe
|-
|7
|Contemporary/"Нас нет" — [[:uk:Білик Ірина Миколаївна|Ірина Білик]]
|8
|6
|6
|Eliminated
|}
{{Clear}}

== Awards and achievements ==

*2009 EMMY Nomination for Outstanding Choreography
*US National Latin Finalist with [[Heidi Groskreutz]] Burns
*Dancing With The Stars Runner Up with celebrity partner [[Mýa|Mya]]
*Top 10 of So You Think You Can Dance Season 2

== Personal life ==

Chaplin married fellow professional ballroom dancer Eugenia Shatilova in October 2017. The couple divorced in February 2023, after nearly six years of marriage.

== See also ==
*[[So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series)|So You Think You Can Dance (U.S.)]]
**[[So You Think You Can Dance (Season 2)]]
**[[So You Think You Can Dance (Season 3)]]
**[[So You Think You Can Dance (Season 4)]]
*[[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)]]
**[[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 8)]]
**[[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 9)]]
**[[Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 12)]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|id=2339785 | name=Dmitry Chaplin}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060701124801/http://www.fox.com/dance/bios/01_dchaplin.htm Profile on Fox's ''So You Think You Can Dance'' page]
*[http://dmitrychaplin.com/ Official Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060907121456/http://video.accesshollywood.com/player.html?dlid=23456 Video interview and dance clips] on ''[[Access Hollywood]]''
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