THE ARTISAN WINTER 2021 • 33
Dancing with the Stars airs on ABC and is produced by
BBC Studios' Los Angeles production arm
WITH THE STARS
part of the team. Department Heads Zena Shteysel-Green
and Mary Guerrero, along with their Department Head
Assistants Julie Socash and Kimi Messina, worked with the
DWTS creative team to develop the looks each week, then
set out to shop, prep, and have everything ready to shoot.
Zena and Mary would also work with each artist and get
their input so everyone was completely involved with their
dancer/celebrity and had a chance to collaborate. Due to the
fact the show only shoots one day a week, there were times
during the season different people stepped up in place when
others moved onto other projects but every week, the show
still had a complete team who was up to the challenge and
created looks to follow the themes and characters given to
them.
During the season, there was everything from glamour
and period looks to wigs, extensions, prosthetics, and
painting with everything in between. There was no shortage
of creativity and variety. There was still the use of
rhinestones and hair colors, even blood and prosthetics to
transform celebs into your favorite heroes or anti-heroes.
