Alec Mazo

Alec Mazo is a Russian-born American professional ballroom dancer based in San Francisco. He is well known for his participation in Season 1 of the US Dancing with the Stars, coming in first place with partner Kelly Monaco.

Mazo has been dancing since he was five years old, and moved to America from Russia with his family at age 12. He grew up in San Francisco, California and is of Russian Jewish descent. [ [http://soapzone.com/gh/gossip/20050919.shtml SoapZone: General Hospital News & Gossip ] ] His mother ran a dance studio, and today Alec runs the largest youth ballroom dance school in California.

Alec attended UC Berkeley and received a BA in Cognitive Science. He has appeared in the Vanessa L. Williams movie Dance With Me as well as numerous commercials.

Alec and his partner Edyta Sliwinska only turned professional in the last few years, having been successful amateur Latin competitors for the five years before. Alec says he is a very dominant, powerful male on the dance floor. He uses his good looks and admits that he concentrates on the aesthetic side of the performance because he knows that's what he's good at. [ [http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancing/bios/alec_mazo.html Dancing With The Stars - Home - ABC.com ] ]

Alec and Edyta married on September 1, 2007. They have performed together on several results shows of Dancing with the Stars.

Alec returned to the ballroom on March 19 for Season 4, this time partnered with former supermodel Paulina Porizkova, but were the first couple eliminated. [cite news |title=The Stars Align for a fourth season of ABC's hit alternative series, Dancing With the Stars|url=http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancing/newseason.html
work=abc.go.com|date=2007|accessdate=2007-02-21]

Alec appeared on the fifth season of Dancing with the Stars. Alec and his partner, supermodel Josie Maran, were eliminated on September 26, 2007, after the first week of competition, making it the second time in a row he was eliminated first.

Alec is competing for the title with partner, Grammy Award Winning Singer, Toni Braxton in season 7 of Dancing with the stars. [cite news |title=Announcing the Stars|url=http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancingwiththestars/index?pn=announcement
work=abc.go.com|date=2008|accessdate=2008-09-16]

Achievements

*Emerald Ball Latin Amateur Champion
*1st Place - 2001 International Grand Ball (San Francisco)
*1st Place - 2001 Holiday Dance Classic (Las Vegas, Nevada)
*1st place - Dancing With The Stars (Season 1 - with Kelly Monaco)

References

External links

* [http://abc.go.com/primetime/dancing/bios/alec_mazo.html Bio at Dancing with the Stars]
* [http://www.alecmazo.com Alec Mazo.com] - Official Website
* [http://www.myspace.com/alecmazo Alec Mazo] - Alec's Myspace
* [http://teammazo.com/ Group site for Dancing with the Stars Contestants Alec Mazo & Josie Maran]
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