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Dancing With the Stars Duo: Pro Dancer Hurting, Celeb Partner Sweating Blood?!

What one hoofer is saying about the twosome's unusual ballroom injuries

By Marc Malkin, Brett Malec Apr 11, 2011 9:33 PMTags
DWTS, Louis van Amstel, Mark Ballas, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Dmitry Chaplin ABC/BOB D'AMICO; Adam Taylor/ABC

It's no secret that you can get pretty banged up on Dancing With the Stars. But isn't it usually the celeb contestants who complain about ballroom bumps and bruises?

That's why we were a little suprised to hear one pro dancer complaining about some new recent pains.

Who is it? Read on to find out...

It's actually Petra Nemcova's partner Dmitry Chaplin!

"My body is sore," Chaplin told us at LOGO's NewNowNext Awards in Hollywood. "You know, I forced Petra to go to ballet classes."

Yup, Chaplin took some classed with her. "It's hard," he said. "It's painful. Standing on your tippytoes all day and cramps in your muscles. I think I'm hurting from that all the time."

As for Nemcova's wear and tear, well..

"She had scratches inside her armpits last week..." he said. "I don't know how it happened. I was basically lifting her. It looked like she was sweating blood."

Sounds more like Black Swan than Dancing With the Stars, don't ya think?