James Van Der Beek’s kids got inspired and recreated their father's Dancing With the Stars’ Pirates of the Caribbean-themed Paso Doble in an adorable Instagram video. Four of the Van Der Beek children took turns showing off their interpretation of their dad's performance.
Van Der Beek was shot into stardom when he landed the main role of Dawson Leery on Dawson's Creek - a popular 90's teen drama series. He then went on to star in bigger TV shows and movies. Now, Van Der Beek is a current contestant of Dancing with the Stars, where he's been partnered up with dance pro, Emma Slater. He and his wife Kimberly Van Der Beek, who he has been married since 2010, share five children - four daughters and one son - 9-year-old Olivia, 7-year-old Joshua, 5-year-old Annabel, 3-year-old Emilia, and 15-month-old Gwendolyn. On Dancing with the Stars a few weeks back, Van Der Beek and his wife announced that they are expecting their 6th child together after suffering three miscarriages. The family man took to Instagram to show off his adorable brood.
Last week was Disney week on Dancing with the Stars, after taking his whole family to Disney Land, Van Der Beek danced the Paso Doble to the Pirates of the Caribbean theme dressed as Jack Sparrow. In the audience was Mary-Margaret Humes and John Wesley Shipp, the actors who famously played his parents - Gail and Mitch Leery - on Dawson's Creek, cheered him on. Van Der Beek talked about the intense dance that is the Paso Doble, calling it "challenging physically, mentally, even emotionally." The powerful performance received a brilliant score of 26 out of 30. Needless to say, it was an inspiring night for everyone involved, including his four eldest children who wanted to be just like dad. See the adorable video Van Der Beek posted below:
The performance brought out the dancers in his four oldest children, Olivia, Joshua, Annabel, and Emilia. In the sweet video, fans can hear Van Der Beek and his wife encouraging the children on as they do their own rendition of their dad's paso doble. Van Der Beek captioned the video, "What you do with all your heart... can be contagious." It's a proud moment for Van Der Beek, who not only had a top-scoring night but made his family proud, spurring them on to be just like him.
The adorable moment that Van Der Beek shared with fans on his personal Instagram recieved thousands of likes and hundreds of comments. It's obvious that his performance not only encouraged his children, but his fans too. For an actor to turn dancer and do perform so well, it shows that anything is possible with lots of work. Fans will have to wait and see how Van Der Beek does on his Samba coming up this week.
Dancing With the Stars airs Mondays at 8pm EST on ABC.
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