Janette Manrara
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Janette Manrara Škorjanec (born November 16, 1983) is an American professional dancer and choreographer from Miami, Florida. Originally a Salsa dancer, learning from her Cuban family, she formally studied dance from the age of 19. Manrara is best known for her appearances on the US series So You Think You Can Dance and British dance reality television competition, Strictly Come Dancing. She is also married to Slovenian dancer and co-star Aljaž Škorjanec.

Manrara began performing in musical theatre at age 12, and started her formal dance training at 19, studying ballroom, ballet, pointe, jazz and hip-hop. Manrara studied Finance at Florida International University whilst completing her dance training.

In 2015, Manrara became engaged to long time partner, Strictly Come Dancing and Burn the Floor co-star, Aljaž Skorjanec. They were married on 15 July 2017.

Manrara originally auditioned for So You Think You Can Dance but failed to make it through to the top 20. She auditioned again in season 5 and made it through to the top 20, where she was paired with contemporary dancer Brandon Bryant. Like Manrara, Bryant had come through Las Vegas week during Season 4 only to be cut during the Top 20 selection. During her time on the show, Janette received much praise from the judges; both Mia Michaels and Nigel Lythgoe said Janette was their favorite female dancer that season and Lythgoe went on to say he hoped she would win the entire competition. An Argentine Tango she performed with Bryant was the first dance on Season 5 to receive a standing ovation from the judges. However, Manrara was eliminated during week 7 along with contemporary dancer Jason Glover.