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32 • THE ARTISAN WINTER 2021 BY JULIE SOCASH AND DEBORAH HUSS HUMPHRIES This season on Dancing with the Stars, we saw a different kind of teamwork. We still have our full crew but this season, there are more artists and small groups or "pods" all working separately to bring together a beautiful show. In order to make DWTS work this year, production went all out and put safety at the top of the ticket in order to keep both the talent and the crew safe. The season started with 15 couples, three judges, and the host. Each couple, judges, and host were given their own team of make-up and hair. Additionally, there are two artists working doing body make-up as well. Each and every person was equipped with their KN95 masks and face shields and proper PPE and each area trailer and room equipped with air fi lters and cleaning supplies. As couples were eliminated, the amount of artists lowered, however, for the fi rst several weeks, there were 20 make-up artists and 18 hair stylists working as a team in their pods and social distanced. Everything had to be planned ahead of time, there was no changing things or having multiple people working together at the same time during a live show. This gave each individual artist the chance to shine while still working as DANCING WITH DANCING WITH DANCING WITH PREPARING FOR " The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team." –PHIL JACKSON