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Alec Mazo Profile |
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Birth Date:
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Birth Place: Russia
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Birth Name: Alec Mazo
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Height: 5'11"
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Biography |
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 Antonio, Texas and is of Russian Jewish descent. 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.
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.
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. |
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Other Information |
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[November 1st, 2006] Engaged to fellow "Dancing with the
Stars" (2005/I) dancer and professional partner, Edyta
Sliwinska. |
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since January 8, 2008