Newest 'DWTS' Pro Dancer Erza Soza Is Pumped for Tour

EDGE: And this is your first year touring with the show?
Ezra Sosa: This will be my first official touring slot, but I've been a part of the tour for the last two years. I've been a swing, meaning I must learn everything in case I need to fill in.

EDGE: How will dancing feel knowing you are not being judged?

Ezra Sosa: We will definitely be judged by the audience, but besides that, I think we're all excited to share what we are passionate about. One thing about dancing on DWTS, which we all love, is that we getSD: to dance with celebrities, but we don't get to showcase our best ability as dancers. The tour is great because we get to dance our faces off how we want to. It is a freeing feeling about it, but also a creative feeling, especially with choreographer Mandy Moore. Whenever we're doing numbers, she gives us creative freedom to choreograph and do whatever we genuinely want to try. It makes the entire tour something we're all so passionate about, which does translate on stage.

EDGE: JoJo Siwa performance was historic in season 30 as part of a same-sex couple. Will DWTS pair a male couple anytime soon?

Ezra Sosa: Theoretically, that has already happened with Shangela and Gleb, but the only difference was that Shangela performed as Shangela. I don't know when that's going to happen. I'm very excited and eager to know when it will happen because I don't know if you watched the finale, but Derek Hough and Mark Ballas did a tango called The Mango, which I think was funny. There is something refreshing about seeing two masculine figures dancing on the floor, and I hope it will happen on the show one day.

EDGE: Tell us how JoJo helped you come out.

Ezra Sosa: She helped me in so many ways. I think my friendship with her has developed to the point that we have truly become best friends. She was the first person in my life who did things for me out of love and wanted nothing in return. She helped me come out, become comfortable in my skin, and feel confident just being myself. It is a gift that I will never forget. After we became close friends, she saw me struggling with my sexuality, so she became a gay fairy godmother and helped me come out of the closet.

EDGE: Will you be coming back for season 34?
Ezra Sosa: You will have to ask the big bosses. I don't know. That's another lure of the show is that no one is guaranteed a season. I do hope I get to come back to the ballroom with a new partner.

You can catch Ezra Sosa as part of the "Dancing with the Stars Live 2025" tour. For a full list of upcoming dates, click here