Victor Kanevsky (dancer)

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Zoryevich and the family name is Kanevsky.
Victor Kanevsky
Victor Kanevsky (middle) with Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsyannikov at the Nagano Olympic Games in 1998
Born (1963-11-25) 25 November 1963 (age 60)
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)Dance teacher, dancesport coach

Victor Zoryevich Kanevsky (Russian: Ви́ктор Зо́рьевич Кане́вский, pronounced [ˈvʲiktər ˈzorʲjɪvʲɪtɕ kɐˈnʲefskʲɪj]; born 24 November 1963) is a Ukrainian-born American ballroom dancer, coach, and choreographer. He emigrated to the United States in 1978 and, as of 2013, lives in Miami, Florida.

Kanevsky won a number of dance competitions, including the Eastern United States, the Middle United States, and the California Star Ball Championships, the 1987 and 1988 titles of Ohio Star Ball Champion (of PBS television’s Championship Ballroom Dancing fame), as well as reached the finals of both the USBC (US Open Dancesport Championships) and La Classique du Quebec (Canadian Open Championships).[1] He is the recipient of 2016 Millennium Lifetime Achievement Award highlighted for his achievements in promoting and training young dancers on June 25, 2016 during the Millennium Dancesport Championships in Orlando, FL .[2]

After retiring from competitions, Kanevsky joined the American Ballroom Theater (ABrT).[3][4] As part of ABrT, he participated in a number of shows.[5] Since 1990, he trained competitive dancers, and in 1993, founded the Kaiser Dancesport Club.[6] He was as well involved in staging choreography for competitive ice dancers, including Oleg Ovsyannikov and Anjelika Krylova[7] as well as Maxim Staviski and Albena Denkova.[8]

  1. ^ http://www.championshipdancecamps.com/idb/2009/newsletter9/
  2. ^ "Dance Beat Magazine - Millennium Dancesport 2016".
  3. ^ Anderson, Jack (13 April 1991). "Review/Dance; Six Couples, All with a Story to Tell". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "Guest Artists | Department of Dance | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | the University of Iowa".
  5. ^ "History". Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2013-06-11.
  6. ^ "VK Dance Introduces a New Tradition of Educational and Entertaining parties, Every Wednesday Night a Latin Party Featuring Performing Group Zouk Mia". Archived from the original on April 12, 2014.
  7. ^ "Чемпионат Европы по фигурному катанию". 17 January 1998.
  8. ^ "Основной посыл | Фигурное катание | Московские новости". www.mn.ru. Archived from the original on 2012-05-05.