Kristina Rihanoff is a world finalist professional ballroom dancer, instructor, choreographer and author. She competed as a professional dancer in the sixth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2008. In 2012, 2014 and 2015 Rhianoff reunited with her dance partners from the television series, Jason Donovan, Ben Cohen and Simon Webbe. She went on to win the overall tour in 2015.
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Kristina Rihanoff is a world finalist professional ballroom dancer, instructor, choreographer and author. She competed as a professional dancer in the sixth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2008. She has performed in the UK with Robin Windsor since 2011. In 2012, 2014 and 2015 Rhianoff reunited with her dance partners from the television series, Jason Donovan, Ben Cohen and Simon Webbe, respectively. She went on to win the overall tour in 2015. She is the daughter of two engineers, and grew up in Vladivostok, Russia. Her parents divorced when she was aged 12, during the time when the breakup of the Soviet Union was occurring. She studied with St Petersburg Branch of Modern Humanitarian Academy which has several colleges around Russia including Vladivstok. She also has a degree in Tourism and Hospitality; after finishing public school she studied at the University of St Petersburg.
Aged 21, she was asked to become an instructor to Russian dancers based in the United States. She developed her career over the next few years through a combination of teaching and performing, in the U.S. as well as choreographing shows in China, Hong Kong and Japan. She gained 1st place in the South African International Latin Championship, 2nd in the US National American Rhythm Finals and was a semi-finalist at the Open to the World, Blackpool Dance Festival in 2007. In 2009 she performed with professional dancer, Julian Clary, and filled in for Lilia Kopylova at one show, partnering Julian. In 2010 she danced with 4 Champion Mark Ramprakash and the Argentine Tango.
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