(Craig Sjodin/ABC) Derek Fisher and Sharna Burgess will compete on the 25th season of “Dancing with the Stars.”
(Credit: Heidi Gutman/ABC): Lindsay Stirling and Mark Ballas will compete on the 25th season of “Dancing with the Stars.”
(Credit: Craig Sjodin/ABC): Frankie Muniz and Witney Carson will compete on the 25th season of “Dancing with the Stars.”
(Credit: Craig Sjodin/ABC): Lindsay Arnold and Jordan Fisher will compete on the 25th season of “Dancing with the Stars.”
(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lindsey Stirling performs before a sold-out crowd at Red Butte Garden on Friday, May 29, 2015.
(Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) Violinist Lindsey Stirling performs at the 17th Annual GRAMMY Foundation Legacy Concert at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, in Los Angeles.
(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lindsey Stirling performs before a sold-out crowd at Red Butte Garden in Salt Lake City on Friday, May 29, 2015.
(Craig Sjodin | ABC) Utahn Lindsay Arnold, born and raised in Provo, performs on "Dancing with the Stars."
(Adam Taylor | ABC) Alek Skarlatos and Lindsay Arnold perform on a past season of "Dancing with the Stars."
(Adam Taylor | ABC) Witney Carson and Alfonso Ribeiro on "Dancing With the Stars."
(Adam Taylor | ABC) Alfonso Ribeiro and Witney Carson celebrate their win on "Dancing With the Stars."
(Courtesy ABC) Witney Carson and Alfonso Ribeiro on "Dancing with the Stars."
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dancing with the Stars: Live! Tour arrives at the Maverick Center, featuring Utah's own Mirrorball winner Witney Carson and her celebrity partner Alfonso Ribeiro.
ABC has announced the cast for the upcoming 25th season of “Dancing With the Stars,” and there is, once again, a bit of a Utah flavor.
The collection of B-list celebrities includes a former member of the Utah Jazz and a former BYU student/LDS missionary. And two of the professional dancers are locals.
Former Jazzman Derek Fisher — who played in Utah in 2006-07 before returning to the Los Angeles Lakers — will partner with professional dancer Sharna Burgess.
Violinist/dancer/composer/performance artist Lindsey Stirling — best known for her energetic YouTube videos — will partner with professional dancer Mark Ballas. Stirling is a Brigham Young University grad and former missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Utahns Lindsay Arnold and Witney Carson (both alumni of “So You Think You Can Dance”) returrn this season as professional dancers. Arnold will partner with singer/actor Jordan Fisher (“Grease: Live”); Carson will partner with Frankie Muniz, who’s best known as the star of “Malcolm In the Middle.”