Slavik kryklyvyy & anna melnikova duknauske

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After they split up in 2010, Slavik started practicing with Daria Chesnokova, but they did not manage to introduce themselves on a competition.

In the fall of 2012 it was announced that Slavik would be dancing with Ekaterina Lapaeva, and their debut was announced to be at the United Kingdom Championships in January 2013.

In August of that year, Daria came together to represent Italy with Stefano Di Filippo.

Ekaterina Lapaeva#

In the fall of 2012, it was announced that Kryklyvyy would be dancing with Ekaterina Lapaeva. She has also appeared in the films Across Grace Alley and Shall We Dance.

Born and raised in Ukraine.

The pair had been registered as a couple representing the United States, but appearances at competitions were not followed. Her success on the show has made Karina a household name and a sought after beauty, health, fitness, and fashion icon.

Following his partnership with Karina, Slavik paired with Elena Khvorova.

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.

They won second place in the 2006 and 2007 World Championships. At their subsequent presentation at the WDC Latin World Cup of the 2009 Kremlin Cup in Moscow, the couple took third place among Professionals.

In February 2010, Japan hosted the WDC Asian Open Professional Latin Championships where Slavik and Anna became fourth.

The couple won the hearts of a vast number of fans with their brilliant performances.

However, Slavik’s father liked the idea of his son taking on bodybuilding.

From the very beginning, the Latin-American program best suited this dancer.

Slavik continued to dance in Kiev, at Valentina Fedorchuk’s dance club known as “Sport-Dance”. She has been the most Googled professional dancer on the show.

Their debut was announced to be at the UK Open in January 2013, however on November 22, Lapaeva announced that she was retiring from ProfessionalDanceSport altogether.

Life After Competition#

In April 2014, Slavik Kryklyvyy reunited with former partner Karina Smirnoff to perform in Dance Legends.

In 2000 the couple took first place in the IDSF World Amateur Latin Championship, the British Open (Blackpool), the Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator Masters Gala (Germany), and the IDSF European Latin Championship. Their achievements included winning first place at the international championship held in Slavutych, Ukraine, where they took the title of Ukrainian Champions in the Amateur Latin division.

In just two years, the couple took part in 12 competitions.

Slavik then moved to New York where he began dancing with Karina Smirnoff as a Professional.

Career as a Professional#

Karina Smirnoff#

Slavik and Karina danced as a couple for five years, from 2000 to 2005. However, on November 22, Lapaeva announced that she was retiring from professional dancesport.

Since then, the couple is occasionally performing on different events and shows.

Achievements

• They won second place in the 2006 and 2007 World Championships, however, their results were not as good as Slavik"s previous placements with Karina.

  

  Prior to that, he was engaged in swimming. Kryklyvyy and then partner Smirnoff were featured in the film Shall We Dance?.
  
  lieutenant had never happened before and probably it led to the couple"s split. Slavik and Anna were guest competitors as Show Performers.
  
  The couple were the subject of a feature documentary "Ballroom Dancer", directed by Christian Holten Bonke & Andreas Koefoed.
  
  They became 3rd in the European Professional Latin Championship and finished 5th in Blackpool and the United Kingdom Open.

  In the fall, for the first time, the couple traveled abroad to Gothenburg, Sweden for the World Cup. Here they placed significantly ahead of their main competitors, Sergey Kravchuk and Marina Rumyanova, who took 37th place, while Slavik and Alena 27th.

  1998 was also a very successful year for the couple.