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Alec Mazo on "Dancing with the Stars 7"
Alec Mazo on "Dancing with the Stars 7" - © ABC
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Paulina Porizkova and Alec Mazo Dancing with the Stars Natalie Coughlin and Alec Mazo Dancing with the Stars, Season 9 Alec Mazo Pictures
Alec Mazo from "Dancing with the Stars" is one of the professional dancers featured on the ABC ballroom competition series. On Season 9 of the show, Alec Mazo is partnered with Natalie Coughlin.

We all came to know Alec Mazo four years ago as the dancer who famously became the first professional champion of "Dancing with the Stars," having successfully partnered with Kelly Monaco in Season 1.

Alec Mazo has been dancing since he was five years old. Alec Mazo moved to America from Russia with his family when he was 12. Alec Mazo's mother started a dance studio in San Francisco, and today Alec runs two ballroom dance schools—one in the San Francisco Bay Area and another in Los Angeles.

Alec Mazo and his wife—fellow "Dancing with the Stars" pro Edyta Swilinska—only turned professional in 2005, having been successful amateur Latin competitors for the previous five years. Alec Mazo studied acting at Playhouse West. In 1998, Alec Mazo appeared in the Vanessa Williams ("Ugly Betty") movie "Dance with Me." Alec Mazo has also had roles in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "CSI: NY."

Alec Mazo has a BA in Cognitive Science from UC Berkeley.

Achievements

• Emerald Ball Latin Amateur Champion
• 1st Place - 2001 International Grand Ball (San Francisco)
• 1st Place - 2001 Holiday Ball (Las Vegas, Nevada)
*• Six-time U.S. National Finalist

Prior Celebrity Partners


Toni Braxton (Season 7)
Josie Maran (Season 5)
Paulina Porizkova (Season 4)
• Kelly Monaco (Season 1)






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Height: 5' 11"
Hometown: Russia
Wife: Edyta Sliwinska




ALEC MAZO: NEWS


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