Dancing With the Stars pros Derek Hough and Julianne Hough each learned crucial life skills in the ballroom.

“My coaches, my mentors [and] a lot of the lessons that I’ve learned [from the dance studio made me] who I am today as a man, and as a person,” Derek, 40, exclusively told Us Weekly while discussing the upcoming Ovation by DanceOne tour. “[It was] from my teachers, you know, the way they taught me [and] the way they [acted] toward me.”

Derek grew up dancing in his native Utah with sister Julianne, now 37, by his side. Their training even took them to London as teenagers for further instruction and competitions. After years of winning on the competitive circuit, the two siblings became winning pros on DWTS. (Derek is now a judge on the ballroom competition, while Julianne cohosts w

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