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Maksim Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy (Russian: Максим Алекса́ндрович Чмерковский, Template:Lang-uk) (born January 17, 1980) is a Ukrainian Latin Ballroom dance champion, choreographer, and instructor. He is best known as one of the professional dancers on the American television series Dancing With The Stars, on which he first appeared in season two.

Background

Born on January 17, 1980, in Odessa, in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the former USSR, Chmerkovskiy began dancing at the age of four. His parents are Aleksandr and Larisa Chmerkovskiyhttp://www.idontlikeyouinthatway.com/pictures/20080527/karina%20smirnoff%20nipple%20slip%20/karina%20smirnoff%20nipple%20slip%201a.html. His brother, Valentin Chmerkovskiy, is also a champion dancer^[1].

The challenges of Immigration for Chmerkovskiy and his family included financial and language barriers. A skiing accident as a child broke Chmerkovskiy's right leg. Doctors informed him that there would be difficulties with his leg and that dancing might not be possible^{[citation needed]}. However, he was able to make a successful recovery and went on to become a professional Latin Ballroom dancer.

Chmerkovskiy is the owner of three dance studios in the New York City area, one of which is the Rising Stars Dance Academy (RSDA)^[2]. The other two studios are social dance studios located in Ridgefield, NJ and Glen Head, NY.

Chmerkovskiy is one of the creators and directors of “Dance Team USA”, a non-profit educational and charitable organization dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and training future DanceSport participants. This sport is particularly popular with Eastern European families. Through his company “Maksim Chmerkovskiy Productions”, Chmerkovskiy organizes performances globally.

Chmerkovskiy is a ballroom and DanceSport choreographer. Among his professional works is the Wynn Las Vegas’ water-based show ‘Le Reve (show)’^[3]. He implemented ballroom-inspired numbers to the Franco Dragone production.

Dancing With The Stars

Chmerkovskiy first appeared in the 2nd season of the ABC series Dancing With The Stars partnered with actress Tia Carrere. They finished in sixth place. The following season, he and partner singer Willa Ford came in seventh place. Chmerkovskiy returned to Dancing with the Stars in March 2007 for Season 4, this time partnered with boxer Laila Ali, the daughter of Muhammad Ali.[1] They made it to the finals and finished in third place. In Season 5 of Dancing with the Stars, he was partnered with Mel B and had his best finish to date; the couple received second place. Chmerkovskiy did not participate in season 6, although he and former partner Mel B made an appearance for the 100th episode.

He returned for the show's 7th season, this paired with two-time Olympic volleyball gold medalist, Misty May-Treanor. Chmerkovskiy and May-Treanor were forced to withdraw from the competition in Week 3 on October 6th, 2008. During a practice for their jive, Misty ruptured her Achilles tendon and required surgery. This withdrawal gave them a finish of tenth place. On February 9, 2009 on Good Morning America it was announced that he would be paired with Denise Richards for the 8th season of Dancing with the Stars.

Dancing with the Stars Performances

With celebrity partner Mel B:

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' score			Result
Week #	Dance/Song	Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli	Result
1	Cha cha cha/ "A Deeper Love"	8	8	8	Safe
2	Quickstep/ "Take on Me"	7	8	8	Safe
3	Jive/ "Sweet Soul Music"	9	9	9	Safe
4	Viennese Waltz/ "Breakaway"	8	9	9	Bottom Two
5	Samba/ "Spice Up Your Life"	10	9	10	Safe
6	Rumba/ "A Woman's Worth"	10	10	10	Safe
7	Foxtrot/ "Jimmy Mack" Paso Doble/ "Free Your Mind"	8 10	8 10	8 10	Safe
8	Tango/ "Personal Jesus" Mambo/ "Mambo Jambo"	9 9	9 10	9 10	Safe
9 Semi-finals	Viennese Waltz/ "Somebody to Love" Paso Doble/ "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"	10 10	10 10	10 10	Safe
10 Finals	Cha cha cha/ "Car Wash" Freestyle/ "The Way I Are" Mambo/ "Mambo Jambo"	9 9 10	9 9 10	10 9 10	Runner-Up

Personal life

Chmerkovskiy resides in Edgewater, New Jersey.^[4] He began dating a fellow Dancing With the Stars dancer, Karina Smirnoff, in the summer of 2008. The couple announced their engagement on December 31, 2008. ^[5]. Smirnoff and Chmervoskiy have partnered professionally, including a performance at the 2007 ALMA Awards. Maksim has a boxer named Goga and two cats name Lilu and Kuzy^{[citation needed]}.

Dancing Titles

· 2005 Yankee Classic Professional Latin Champion^[6]
· 2005 Blackpool Dance Festival Semi-Finalist
· 2004 Manhattan Dancesport Professional Latin Champion
· 2004 Nevada Star Ball Champion
· 2004 World Masters Finalist
· 2004 Moscow Kremlin Cup Finalist
· 2004 Philadelphia Dancesport Festival Champion
· 2003 All England Champion
· 2003 Ohio Star Ball Latin Champion
· 2003 La Classique du Quebec Champion

References

^ Moreno/Lyons Productions, LLC. "America's Ballroom Challenge : Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing". PBS. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
^ Bonchak, Jean (Thursday, January 22, 2009). "News Pros diggin' the dancing teen". The News Herald, local news, sports and weather serving Lake County and Northern Ohio Serving Northern Ohio. Retrieved 2009-02-09. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Rocchio, Christopher (02/19/2008). "'Dancing' professional Maksim Chmerkovskiy: 'I'll be back next season'". www.realitytvworld.com. Retrieved 2009-02-09. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Dietsche, Erica. /page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxNzcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcwOTQzMTgmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3 "Local 'Dancing' pro, Ali all about fancy footwork", The Record (Bergen County), March 19, 2007. Accessed December 25, 2007. "Fans of "Dancing With the Stars" on ABC, which begins its fourth season tonight, haven't seen much of Edgewater-based dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy."
^ [http://www.eonline.com/uberblogb77338_dancing_with_stars_karina_maksim_engaged.html
^ Mirador, Sthanlee (THURSDAY NOVEMBER 01, 2007). "The Sexy Men of Dancing with the Stars". People Magazine. Retrieved 2009-02-09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

Official Maksim Chmerkovskiy web site
Dance Team USA
Dance with Me Studio
Grand Dancesport Cup
Dancing With The Stars, show bio
BDCsocial

[1] Moreno/Lyons Productions, LLC. "America's Ballroom Challenge : Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing". PBS. Retrieved 2009-02-09.

[2] Bonchak, Jean (Thursday, January 22, 2009). "News Pros diggin' the dancing teen". The News Herald, local news, sports and weather serving Lake County and Northern Ohio Serving Northern Ohio. Retrieved 2009-02-09. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[3] Rocchio, Christopher (02/19/2008). "'Dancing' professional Maksim Chmerkovskiy: 'I'll be back next season'". www.realitytvworld.com. Retrieved 2009-02-09. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[4] Dietsche, Erica. /page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxNzcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcwOTQzMTgmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3 "Local 'Dancing' pro, Ali all about fancy footwork", The Record (Bergen County), March 19, 2007. Accessed December 25, 2007. "Fans of "Dancing With the Stars" on ABC, which begins its fourth season tonight, haven't seen much of Edgewater-based dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy."

[5] [http://www.eonline.com/uberblogb77338_dancing_with_stars_karina_maksim_engaged.html

[6] Mirador, Sthanlee (THURSDAY NOVEMBER 01, 2007). "The Sexy Men of Dancing with the Stars". People Magazine. Retrieved 2009-02-09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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 '''Maksim Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy''' ({{lang-ru|Максим Алекса́ндрович Чмерковский}}, {{lang-uk|Максим Oлекса́ндрович Чмерковський}}) (born January 17, 1980) is a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[Latin dance|Latin]] [[Ballroom dance]] champion, choreographer, and instructor.  He is best known as one of the professional dancers on the [[United States|American]] television series ''[[Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)|Dancing With The Stars]]'', on which he first appeared in season two.
 ==Background==
-Born on January 17, 1980, in Odessa, in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the former USSR, Chmerkovskiy began dancing at the age of four. His parents are Aleksandr and Larisa Chmerkovskiy. His brother, [[Valentin Chmerkovskiy]], is also a champion dancer<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/ballroomchallenge/competition-s2-ep4.html|title=America's Ballroom Challenge : Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing|last=Moreno/Lyons Productions, LLC|publisher=PBS|accessdate=2009-02-09}}</ref>.
+Born on January 17, 1980, in Odessa, in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the former USSR, Chmerkovskiy began dancing at the age of four. His parents are Aleksandr and Larisa Chmerkovskiyhttp://www.idontlikeyouinthatway.com/pictures/20080527/karina%20smirnoff%20nipple%20slip%20/karina%20smirnoff%20nipple%20slip%201a.html. His brother, [[Valentin Chmerkovskiy]], is also a champion dancer<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/ballroomchallenge/competition-s2-ep4.html|title=America's Ballroom Challenge : Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing|last=Moreno/Lyons Productions, LLC|publisher=PBS|accessdate=2009-02-09}}</ref>.
 The challenges of Immigration for Chmerkovskiy and his family included financial and language barriers. A skiing accident as a child  broke Chmerkovskiy's right leg. Doctors informed him that there would be difficulties with his leg and that dancing might not be possible{{Fact|date=February 2009}}. However, he was able to make a successful recovery and went on to become a professional [[List_of_dance_style_categories#Latin_dance|Latin Ballroom]] dancer.