Slavik kryklyvyy & anna melnikova biography
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Karina Smirnoff
Season 13 Mirror Ball Champion Karina Smirnoff has made her mark for the past eight years as one of the featured dancers on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. Her success on the show has made Karina a household name and a sought after beauty, health, fitness, and fashion icon. She has been the most Googled professional dancer on the show.
Karina started competing in ballroom dancing competitions at the age of 11. She is a five-time U.S. Professional Latin Champion, World Trophy Champion, and Asian Open Champion. She has also won multiple titles at the US Open, Asian Open, Dutch Open, and UK Open. She has taken second at Blackpool and she is the first woman to ever make the British Professional Latin Final with three different partners.
Her accomplishments include starring roles in Broadway hit sold-out shows Forever Tango and Burn the Floor and a performance at the 61st annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Karina has hosted segments for E! News, TV Guide, EXTRA, and has appeared in specials on Bravo, ABC, and Lifetime. She has appeared on Good Morning America, The View, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Hannah Montana, among others. She has also appeared in the films Across Grace Alley and Shall We Dance.
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Slavik Kryklyvyy
Ukrainian dancer
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Leonidovych and the family name is Kryklyvyy.
Slavik Kryklyvyy[a] (born Vyacheslav Leonidovych Kryklyvyy,[b] July 1, 1976)[1] is a professional ballroom dancer specializing in International Latin. Born and raised in Ukraine, he is currently residing in New York City.
Career
[edit]Kryklyvyy and Joanna Leunis were amateur world champions in International Latin. In 2000, the couple took first place in the IDSF World Amateur Latin Championship, the British Open (Blackpool), the ARD Masters Gala (Germany), and the IDSF European Latin Championship.[2] Kryklyvyy and Leunis were the first World Amateur Latin Champions in the new millennium.
After becoming a professional dancer, his longest and most successful partnership was with Karina Smirnoff with whom he became the second best couple in the world, behind the nine-time WDC world champions Bryan Watson and Carmen Vincelj. Kryklyvyy and Smirnoff split up in 2005.[3] Kryklyvyy and his partner Smirnoff were featured in the film Shall We Dance?. Kryklyvyy was credited as the current Blackpool partner of Paulina (Jennifer Lopez) and as dance instructor.&#