Toni Dovolani of DWTS
I love New Yorkers!
“Connecticut is a wonderful place to raise a family and I love New York City. I love the diversity in New York, and I missed it greatly during the massive storm Sandy.”
One of the lower Manhattan dance studio’s Dovolani co-owns with his friends and fellow dancers Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Valentin Chmerkovskiy lost power for a few days, but re-opened post-Sandy. “Some of our dance instructor’s homes were badly affected,” he recalled. “It could have been worse at the downtown studio, thankfully there was no flooding, but New York is like a brother or sister to me; I understand what everyone went through during that storm.
I have compassion for the families who lost their homes and businesses,” he says. “New Yorkers have an understanding with each other and are so strong, In Los Angeles, that’s some – thing I really miss about New Yorkers—that strength, that camaraderie.”
