(aka Maks) is a Ukrainian Latin Ballroom
dance champion, choreographer, and instructor. He is best known as one of the professional dancers on the American television series ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, on which he first appeared in season two.
Maks is the owner of four dance studios in the New York City area. Rising Stars Dance Academy (RSDA) was his first dance studio, which he founded in 1997 located in New Jersey and was focused on Youth Ballroom Dancing. Subsequently, he co-founded Dance With Me Dance Studios in Ridgefield New Jersey, which services all ages and all levels and has grown into three social dance studios located in Ridgefield, NJ and Glen Head, NY and neighborhood in Manhattan NY(SoHo).
In addition to the dance studios, Maks is one of the creators and directors of Dance Team USA, a non-profit educational and charitable organization dedicated to recruiting, supporting, and training future DanceSport participants. Through his company "Maksim Chmerkovskiy Productions", he produces, organizes and choreographs performances globally. Among his professional works, Maks is currently working with the Wynn Las Vegas' water-based show: Le Reve. He developed the ballroom-inspired dance numbers in this Franco Dragone production.
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