Louis Van Amstel

Louis was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands and started dancing at the age of 10 after his family decided it was important for his social skills to learn ballroom dancing. His grandparents were competitive ballroom dancers so it didn't come as a surprise to many that he should follow in their footsteps.

Louis learned to love competitive ballroom dancing because winning competitions gave him confidence, and he realized how competitive he actually was. Dancing gave him the opportunity to express feelings without saying a word and he also experienced it as therapy to deal with many emotional obstacles throughout his childhood.

Louis has coached Tony Dovolani, Karina Smirnoff, Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Val Chmerkovskiy.

Louis has been a Professional on Dancing with the Stars for many seasons.

Julie Fryer

Julie started dancing at the age of 6 but it wasn't until age 12 that Julie found her competitive edge in a new world: Ballroom and Latin American dancing.

She was selected for Dancing with the Stars and in her first season become the first winner together with national singing celebrity Jim Bakkum. In later seasons, she not only performed but started to choreograph to support performances of artists like Enrique Iglesias. And thanks to her spontaneous personality and her vast knowledge of dance she has also appeared on television as the chairperson of the judges in Dancing with the Stars.

Julie coaches and choreographs not only Ballroom and Latin American dancers but also national celebrities to win TV-series like Dancing with the Stars.

Couple's Career Highlights

Louis & Julie started dancing together in the summer of 1989. Together with the Team Amsterdam teachers and top coach Ruud Vermeij PhD. they create a new very dynamical style in Latin American dancing. They learned, laughed, triumphed, lost, gained, cried, split up, got together again.

They earned three world Latin Dance championship gold medals in 1994, 1995 and 1996.