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Heading to the "Dancing with the Stars" finals next week, Rumer Willis took time to sing praise and appreciation for dancing partner Valentin Chmerkovskiy. In a lengthy Instagram post she thanked him "for being such an inspiration" for her.

"I have no words to express my gratitude and pure joy. @iamvalc I am so grateful for you, I could not have made it here with anyone else," Rumer wrote in companion to a short video of her and Val dancing in an episode of "DWTS". "Thank you for being such an inspiration to me and for holding me up even when I feel I may fall. So proud of your strength and determination to get us both here. #teamvalenrue #dwts #finals," she added.

I have no words to express my gratitude and pure joy. @iamvalc I am so grateful for you, I could not have made it here with anyone else. Thank you for being such an inspiration to me and for holding me up even when I feel I may fall. So proud of your strength and determination to get us both here. #teamvalenrue #dwts #finals

A video posted by Rumer Willis (@ruelarue) on May 12, 2015 at 10:35pm PDT

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Rumer and Val are currently prepping for their freestyle for "DWTS" finals next week. The dancing partners were spotted arriving separately on the dance studio in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon, May 13. Val was seen stopping for a while to take a photo with awaiting fan outside the venue.