Christian Polanc

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Christian Polanc (born May 14, 1978 in Ingolstadt ) is a German dancer and dance trainer .

resume

After finishing secondary school, Polanc trained as a railroad worker in operations . Then he made up his Abitur. During this time, he began after 1995 a dance class had visited dancesport operate and won in 1997 ranked third in the German Championship Group A main Latin . After graduating from high school, he began to study law, which he did not complete due to his frequent changes of residence due to his dance career.

Polanc danced with Petra Kostovčíková until 2005, who had to end her dance career due to health problems. The couple started for the TSA Schwarz-Gold in ESV Ingolstadt. As a trainer, he teaches Latin and fashion dances at TSA Schwarz-Gold in ESV Ingolstadt, TSC Metropol Munich and the Dance Tournament Club Erlangen .

From 2005 to the end of 2011 Christian Polanc did not take part in the tournament. In October 2011 he switched to the professionals and danced there with Melissa Ortiz-Gomez , with whom he also had a private relationship until 2013.

Since the second season in 2007 he has been participating in the RTL dance show Let's Dance , which he won in 2007 and 2011. In the 71st Traumschiff episode Perth , broadcast on January 1, 2014  , he appeared together with Ortiz-Gomez as a guest actor.

successes

with Ella Schuller
  • 1996: First tournament ever in the B class Latin
with Elke Maier
  • 1997: 3rd place German A-Class Latin Championship, promotion to the S-Class
with Nathalie Schmidt
  • 1999 and 2000: 3rd place Bavarian Championship S-Class Latin
with Eva Wartjes
  • 2001: 1st place North German Championship S-Class Latin
with Anna Dorosh
  • 2002: 1st place in the Bavarian S-Class Latin Championship
with Petra Kostovčíková
  • 2003–2005: 1st place Bavarian Championships S-Class Latin
  • 2004/2005: 2nd place German S-Class Latin championships
  • 2003: 1st place in the Prague Open Championship

He was also a semi-finalist at European and World Championships in 2004 and 2005.

with Melissa Ortiz-Gomez
  • 2011/2012: 1st place German Freestyle Latin Championship

Let's dance

Christian Polanc has been dancing regularly in the dance show since 2007. In the second season he took first place with actress Susan Sideropoulos . He played the third season broadcast in 2010 with Hillu Schwetje , who did not appear again after the first broadcast due to an accident. From the seventh show, Christian Polanc stepped in for Sylvie van der Vaart's injured dance partner , Christian Bärens. In season four, he danced with Maite Kelly , with whom he won the show for the second time. In the fifth season he danced with the blind singer Joana Zimmer , with whom he took fourth place. In the sixth season he took part with Sıla Şahin , with whom he finished second. In 2014 he competed with the millionaire Carmen Geiss , with whom he made it to the semi-finals. In 2015, his dance partner was the comedian and presenter Enissa Amani . The couple took fourth place. In the 9th season of 2016 he danced with the actress Nastassja Kinski , they left the 7th show. In 2017 he danced with the pop singer Vanessa Mai ; the couple reached second place. In 2018 Iris Mareike Steen was his dance partner. The couple dropped out after the eighth episode, but were then able to continue dancing because of the injury-related abandonment of Bela Klentze . In the end, it took fifth place. In 2019 Polanc Nazan Eckes led to the semi-finals. In 2020 he danced with Laura Müller in sixth place. At the “Let's Dance” professional challenge 2020, he danced with Christina Luft . The couple was voted first by the audience.

Christian Polanc at Let's Dance
Season (year) partner placement
2 (2007) Susan Sideropoulos 1.
3 (2010) Hillu Schwetje

Sylvie van der Vaart 		8.
(exit due to injury)
2.
4 (2011) Maite Kelly 1.
5 (2012) Joana room 4th
6 (2013) Sıla Şahin 2.
7 (2014) Carmen Geiss 3.
8 (2015) Enissa Amani 4th
9 (2016) Nastassja Kinski 8th.
10 (2017) Vanessa Mai 2.
11 (2018) Iris Mareike Steen 5.
12 (2019) Nazan Eckes 4th
13 (2020) Laura Müller 6th
Professional challenge 2020 Christina Luft 1.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Saltatio-Interview , Saltatio - The magazine for music, theater, dance and film, 2011. Accessed April 1, 2015.
  2. ↑ Let's Dance 2015: This is what Christian Polanc looked like earlier , RTL.de, March 30, 2015. Accessed April 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b Let's Dance 2013: Christian Polanc dances with Sila Sahin , RTL, March 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ The “Let's Dance” dancers Melissa Ortiz-Gomez and Christian Polanc confess exclusively in Closer: “Yes, we are a couple” , presseportal.de, March 14, 2012.
  5. ^ Separation of Christian Polanc and Melissa Ortiz-Gomez , Promiflash, April 10, 2013.
  6. ↑ Let's Dance 2018: Tanz-Aus for Bela Klentze and Comeback for Iris Mareike Steen , RTL, May 14, 2018. Accessed on May 14, 2018.
  7. ^ According to Massimo: These professionals win the "Let's Dance" challenge. May 29, 2020, accessed May 30, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Polanc, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dancer and dance trainer
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Ingolstadt , Germany