Chandler Kinney on Her First 'Dancing With the Stars' Performance: "Way More of a Rush" | THR Video - video Dailymotion

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Chandler Kinney chats with THR alongside partner Brandon Armstrong at the 'Dancing With the Stars' premiere and says her first performance was "way more of a rush than I ever could have imagined." Plus, they talk about feeling the pressure to perform since day one.

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00:00First date of the season, that's incredible.

00:03Alright, now that you have the first episode here in the books,

00:05was it what you imagined?

00:07Was it easier or harder?

00:08What are you thinking?

00:10It was way more of a rush than I ever could have imagined.

00:13I was shocked when I got up to the skybox.

00:16I was like, I heard my voice like wavering

00:18and like it was just because I was so like out of my body

00:22and like vulnerable, but also the best experience ever

00:26and I like want to do it again already.

00:27Okay, so having the highest score,

00:31does that kind of like take the pressure off

00:33because you're like, oh, okay, I got this, or does it add?

00:37I got to be honest, I think we've been under pressure

00:39from the second we were announced,

00:41so I don't think it changes anything.

00:43I think if anything, there was more pressure for me

00:46coming into this week one

00:47because I feel like I had to prove that she was good

00:49and people knew she was good,

00:51so I felt like I had to like prove that.

00:53Now people know that she's good.

00:54We all know that she's good.

00:55I know that she's good and that's a benefit to us.

00:57We're just trying to enjoy week to week,

00:58create special moments, and hope people enjoy it.

01:01Yeah, absolutely.

01:02Ditto, everything Brandon said.

01:04He is a genius.

01:06You're one of the younger competitors in this season.

01:10Do you feel like your dance style is going to be very different

01:12from some of the other casts,

01:13or how do you feel like that's going to showcase

01:17during this season as we progress?

01:19I don't know.

01:20I mean, I just think everybody, I say this,

01:22and I know it sounds like such a cliche answer, but I mean it.

01:24Everyone has something special to bring to the competition.

01:28I was just talking with Reggie.

01:29He has the best energy, and I told him.

01:31I was like, when you smile, everyone in the ballroom smiles.

01:34And then you have Steven who's like all arms and legs

01:39and can just like whoop.

01:40So it's, I don't know.

01:41There's everyone.

01:42Everyone has something special,

01:44and so it's just fun getting to see everyone do their thing

01:46and be inspired in different ways.

01:48So, yeah.

01:49That's awesome.

01:50And your personal life,

01:51do you have anyone who's been the biggest cheerleader for you so far?

01:54My mom, probably.

01:56She birthed me.

01:58It was a lot of work.

01:59No, she's been by my side literally every step of the way.

02:02So she was the last person I texted right before the show started.

02:04I was like, I love you, and thank you for getting me here.

02:07Love that.

02:08And then so how do you compare learning a script

02:10between learning choreography during the week?

02:14How is it?

02:14Harder?

02:15Easier?

02:17Just different.

02:18I don't know.

02:19It's just different.

02:20It's like a different part of your body that you're working.

02:23I told Brandon, like, just when we got off the stage,

02:26he was asking me about how it differs from, like, being on set.

02:30And obviously, like, this is live.

02:32So, like, when you're on set,

02:33if you need to be really vulnerable or whatever,

02:35it's like you're just with the person in the scene,

02:37but this is with millions of people, and you have one go.

02:41So in that way, it feels very vulnerable.

02:44And if you make a mistake, it's like everyone sees it in real time.

02:47But I try not to, like, psych myself out about it.

02:50Yeah.

02:51Yeah.

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