Corky Ballas
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Corky Ballas is a renowned American ballroom dancer and coach, best known for training multiple world champions and appearing as a professional on Dancing with the Stars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Corky Ballas canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3776990 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Corky Ballas Context triple: [Dancing with the Stars (US) season 7, professionalDancer, Corky Ballas]
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A.
Derek Hough
Derek Hough is an American professional dancer, choreographer, and television personality best known for his multiple championship wins and long-running role as a pro and judge on Dancing with the Stars.
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B.
Mark Ballas
Mark Ballas is a professional ballroom dancer, choreographer, and musician best known for his multiple championship-winning appearances as a pro on the U.S. television show "Dancing with the Stars."
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C.
Cheryl Burke
Cheryl Burke is an American professional ballroom dancer and choreographer best known for being a long-time pro and two-time champion on the TV competition show "Dancing with the Stars."
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D.
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Maksim Chmerkovskiy is a Ukrainian-American professional ballroom dancer and choreographer best known for his long-running role as a pro on the TV competition show "Dancing with the Stars."
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E.
Darci Kistler
Darci Kistler is an acclaimed American ballerina best known as one of the last principal dancers personally selected and mentored by George Balanchine at New York City Ballet.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Corky Ballas Target entity description: Corky Ballas is a renowned American ballroom dancer and coach, best known for training multiple world champions and appearing as a professional on Dancing with the Stars.
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A.
Derek Hough
Derek Hough is an American professional dancer, choreographer, and television personality best known for his multiple championship wins and long-running role as a pro and judge on Dancing with the Stars.
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B.
Mark Ballas
Mark Ballas is a professional ballroom dancer, choreographer, and musician best known for his multiple championship-winning appearances as a pro on the U.S. television show "Dancing with the Stars."
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C.
Cheryl Burke
Cheryl Burke is an American professional ballroom dancer and choreographer best known for being a long-time pro and two-time champion on the TV competition show "Dancing with the Stars."
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D.
Maksim Chmerkovskiy
Maksim Chmerkovskiy is a Ukrainian-American professional ballroom dancer and choreographer best known for his long-running role as a pro on the TV competition show "Dancing with the Stars."
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E.
Darci Kistler
Darci Kistler is an acclaimed American ballerina best known as one of the last principal dancers personally selected and mentored by George Balanchine at New York City Ballet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ballroom dancer
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choreographer ⓘ dance coach ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | professional Latin dance titles ⓘ |
| child | Mark Ballas ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer |
Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)
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linked to:
Dancing with the Stars
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| familyName | Ballas ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
competitive ballroom dancing
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dance coaching ⓘ |
| genre |
Latin dance
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ballroom dance ⓘ |
| givenName | Mark ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Mark Ballas
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Shirley Ballas ⓘ |
| hasRole |
dance coach on Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)
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professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series) ⓘ |
| influenced |
Mark Ballas
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Shirley Ballas ⓘ numerous competitive ballroom dancers ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| movement |
International Latin
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Latin ballroom ⓘ |
| name | Corky Ballas ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | coaching dancers to world championship titles ⓘ |
| notableFor |
appearing as a professional on Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)
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contributions to competitive Latin ballroom dancing ⓘ training multiple world champion ballroom dancers ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Derek Hough
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Julianne Hough ⓘ Karina Smirnoff ⓘ Mark Ballas ⓘ Shirley Ballas ⓘ multiple world champion ballroom dancers ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)
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linked to:
Dancing with the Stars
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| occupation |
ballroom dancer
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choreographer ⓘ dance coach ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)
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linked to:
Dancing with the Stars
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| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Shirley Ballas ⓘ |
| workLocation |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Corky Ballas Description of subject: Corky Ballas is a renowned American ballroom dancer and coach, best known for training multiple world champions and appearing as a professional on Dancing with the Stars.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.