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Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Heather Morris Already Look Flawless as They Rehearse For Their Dancing With the Stars Debut

Exclusive: The couple may be the one to beat when DWTS premieres on Monday, March 20, judging from E! News' inside look at their rehearsal

By Tierney Bricker Mar 14, 2017 5:28 PMTags
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Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats as the ballroom is officially open for business. 

Dancing With the Stars returns for its 24th season in less than a week on March 20, and the couples are hard at work, preparing for their first-ever performance on  the ABC reality hit. 

E! News has your exclusive first look at Glee star Heather Morris and her professional partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy's DWTS rehearsal, and judging from the photos, it's clear these two are in it to win it. Look at that form! Look at that posture! Look at that chemistry!

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Dancing With the Stars: Meet the Season 24 Cast!

Aside from her time spent on Glee, Heather, 30, has been dancing since she was a kid, and even appeared on So You Think You Can Dance and served as a backup dancer for Beyoncé.

But even with her impressive dance experience, Heather admitted to E! News, "I'm nervous about the live audience…I'm just not totally used to it."

As for Maks, he was quick to sound off on the couple possible having an advantage in the competition, with the new dad saying, "To say that we just have this massive advantage, I think so, but I don't think we're the only ones that could pull off beautiful, beautiful numbers. I'm ready for us to be scrutinized a little different and judged a little different and rightfully so, we'll do our best."

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The rest of season 24's couples are: 

Simone Biles and Sasha Farber
Bonner Bolton
and Sharna Burgess
Charo
and Keo Motsepe
Erika Jayne and Artem Chigvintsev
Rashad Jennings
and Emma Slater
Chris Kattan
and Witney Carson
Nancy Kerrigan
and Artem Chigvintsev
Normani Kordei
and Val Chmerkovskiy
Mr. T and Kym Herjavec (formerly Johnson)
David Ross
and Lindsay Arnold
Nick Viall
and Peta Murgatroyd

Dancing With the Stars premieres Monday, March 20 at 8 p.m. on ABC.