Daniella Karagach’s husband is Pasha Pashkov, her longtime ballroom partner and fellow Dancing With the Stars professional. They married in July 2014 and welcomed their daughter, Nikita, in May 2023. Their relationship began through competitive dancing and now includes marriage, parenthood, television work and teaching other couples to dance.
Who Is Pasha Pashkov?
Pasha Pashkov is a professional ballroom dancer and choreographer. He is known to television audiences for coaching celebrity contestants on Dancing With the Stars, but his partnership with Karagach started long before either became a regular presence on the American programme.
Ballroom competition shaped the early years of their working relationship. As partners, they trained together, developed routines and competed as a pair. Unlike a television season, where a professional works with a new celebrity, their competitive partnership depended on a sustained understanding of each other’s movement and technique.
That background helps explain the difference between their personal and television partnerships. Pashkov is Karagach’s husband and established professional partner. A celebrity assigned to either dancer for a season is a contestant they teach, rather than a replacement for their spouse.
How Did Daniella and Pasha Meet?
The dancers connected in 2009 when Pashkov was looking for a new ballroom partner. They had previously trained with other people, so the meeting represented a new professional arrangement before it became a lasting personal relationship.
Their work required them to spend substantial time together in rehearsals and at competitions. Dance partnerships involve matching timing, responding to a partner and making small corrections repeatedly. For Karagach and Pashkov, that regular collaboration provided the setting in which their relationship developed.
They subsequently established themselves as a successful competitive pair. Their achievements belong to their joint professional history, which is why profiles of either dancer often mention both names even when discussing events before their marriage.
When Did They Get Married?
Karagach and Pashkov married on July 18, 2014. Their wedding took place several years after they first began dancing together. By that point, the partnership had already become an important part of both their working and personal lives.
The date means they celebrated 12 years of marriage in July 2026. It should not be confused with the length of their dance partnership, which began earlier. A reference to the couple being together since 2009 therefore describes a broader history than the number of years since their wedding.
They marked their tenth anniversary in 2024 with an amusement-park outing. In an interview around that anniversary, Karagach explained that they planned to visit Six Flags and ride rollercoasters. It was a relatively informal celebration compared with the ceremony they organised the following year.
Their 2025 Vow Renewal
In July 2025, the couple renewed their vows in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The gathering marked their eleventh wedding anniversary and included their daughter, allowing them to celebrate their relationship as parents as well as spouses.
The event was smaller than their original wedding, with around 20 guests. That change gave the celebration a different scale from the ceremony they had held in 2014. The renewal was a reaffirmation of the existing marriage, rather than the date on which they first became husband and wife.
Their daughter’s involvement also connected the occasion with a chapter of life that had not existed at the first wedding. Nikita was born nearly nine years after the original ceremony and was a young child when her parents renewed their vows.
Do Daniella and Pasha Have Children?
They share a daughter, Nikita Sofia Pashkova, born on May 30, 2023. She is three years old as of November 2026. The couple announced her arrival publicly and have since shared selected family photographs.
Karagach returned to television work after becoming a mother, continuing a career that involves rehearsals, live performances and travel. Pashkov’s work has similar demands. Their public family updates show parenthood alongside professional dancing, although they do not provide a complete record of the family’s routines.
In 2026, Karagach also responded to social media speculation about whether she was pregnant again. She asked people not to make assumptions about her body and said that any future announcement should come from her. Those comments should not be turned into an announcement of another pregnancy.
How Do They Handle Competing on DWTS?
Karagach and Pashkov sometimes compete against each other because they are paired with different celebrities. In 2023, both reached the season finale with their respective partners, making their family connection an unusual part of the competition.
Karagach won season 30 with Iman Shumpert. Pashkov later reached the season 32 finale with Ariana Madix. Those are separate achievements within the television format, even though the dancers have spent years working together outside it.
During September 2026 interviews, Karagach described Pashkov as a teammate and a source of support. She explained that they help each other instead of treating the show as a rivalry within their marriage. At that stage, her celebrity partner was Ezra Frech, while Pashkov was partnered with Amber Glenn.
Their Work Beyond Television
The couple have also taught wedding dance lessons, using their experience to help other couples prepare a first dance. This work connects their technical background with an occasion many people experience outside competitive ballroom.
Pasha Pashkov remains Daniella Karagach’s husband and longtime partner. Their story is defined by the progression from ballroom rehearsals to marriage, then parenthood, while both continue building their own television careers.