"I love my life": Dancing With The Stars fans applaud pro dancer Alan Bersten's choreography for the holiday special episode

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ABC released a holiday special Dancing with the Stars episode on December 2, 2025. It featured numerous returning celebrity participants along with pro dancers.

One of the dance routines that caught everyone's attention was choreographed by pro dancer Alan Bersten. After fans witnessed the creative performance, they shared their appreciation on X.

"The dwts holiday special was so focused around alan i love my life and my favorite pro," a fan wrote.
"That Hanukkah dance choreographed by alan was so beautiful and special!! he did such an incredible job tonight@Dance10Alan #dwts #DWTSHoliday," another fan commented.
"THIS DANCE CHOREOGRAPHED BY MARK AND DANCED BY JENNA, JULIENNE, AND DANIELLA IS A MASTERPIECE!!! GOOSEBUMPS #DWTS #DWTSHoliday," a netizen reacted.
"Thank you to Alan Bersten and DWTS for including a Hanukkah celebration dance in their Holiday special!!! @alanbersten @officialdwts #DWTSHoliday This is so cool!!," one more fan wrote.
"Give Alan an Emmy too as that dance showed different faith's too #DWTS #DWTSHoliday," an X user wrote.
"I LOVED THAT ALAN GOT TO CHOREOGRAPH THAT DANCE #DWTS #DWTSHoliday," another person wrote.
"Alan feature?! oh yes so so good! this holiday special is really an alan choreo showcase and I'm here for it," an X user wrote.
"That Hanukkah dance choreographed by alan was so beautiful and special!! he did such an incredible job tonight@Dance10Alan #dwts #DWTSHoliday," one more fan wrote.
"Alan did his thangg want to see more of val and onye as partners #DWTSHoliday," another netizen reacted.
"I LOVED THAT ALAN GOT TO CHOREOGRAPH THAT DANCE #DWTS #DWTSHoliday," a person mentioned.
"So basically alan and britt choreographed all the dances for tonight's holiday special #dwts," a fan commented.

Dancing with the Stars Holiday Special Episode: Fans applaud pro dancer Alan's Jewish representation and choreography

The latest holiday special DWTS episode saw many fans applauding the unique performances. Among many incredible performances, the one that caught everyone's eye was choreographed by Alan Bersten.

The pro dancer noted that since he was a child, he hadn't seen more Jewish representation on television. Hence, he wanted to do that for himself and for everyone. That's how he came up with such an amazing choreography.

Along with Alan, the dance number saw Val, Gleb, Onye, Hailey, and Emma matching the beats. They performed Matisyahu's Miracle on the Dancing with the Stars stage.

There was another dance performance featuring Alan, Emma, Britt, and Brandon dressed up as elves and Santa. Further, in the episode, there was a Dancing with the Stars holiday performance featuring co-host Alfonso. With him, pro dancers Pasha, Ezra, Jan, Daniella, Rylee, Stitch, Witney, and Britt also showed their mesmerizing dance moves.

Alan also commented on the official Dancing with the Stars' Instagram post from December 3, 2025, stating:

"We filmed this special before the knee walks became viral."

Fans applauded Emma Slater's All I Want for Christmas by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy during the Dancing with the Stars holiday special episode. Among all these performances, fans took to the social media platform and commented about how amazing Alan's choreographed dance number was.


Keep reading Soap Central to learn more about the recent Dancing with the Stars holiday special episode.

Edited by Priscillah Mueni