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Edyta Sliwinska Profile |
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Birth Date: May 5, 1982
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Birth Place: Poland
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Birth Name: Edyta Sliwinska
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Height: 5'6"
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Biography |
Edyta Śliwińska (born May 6, 1981 in Poland) is a
professional ballroom dancer. She is best known as the only
professional dancer to appear on all six televised seasons
of the American version of the ABC television series Dancing
with the Stars.
Śliwińska comes from a working-class Polish background.
In the debut season of Dancing with the Stars in June 2005,
Śliwińska partnered boxing champion Evander Holyfield, with
whom she placed 5th in the competition. For the second
season, she was paired with actor George Hamilton, and again
came in 5th place. With the third season, her partner was
actor Joey Lawrence, and the couple achieved 3rd place.
Śliwińska and Lawrence were part of the first performance
tour of the show from December 19, 2006 to February 11,
2007.
For Season 4, she originally had Vincent Pastore as her
partner, but Pastore dropped out after a week of training,
as he was unable to keep up with the hard pace of
preparation. On March 2, John Ratzenberger was announced to
be Pastore's replacement, giving Ratzenberger the least time
of any celebrity to prepare for the series. On May 1, 2007,
Sliwinska and Ratzenberger became the sixth couple
eliminated from the competition, with a finish of 6th place.
In Season 5, Edyta was partnered with soap opera actor
Cameron Mathison. They became the eighth couple eliminated
before the Semi-Finals, with a finish of 5th place for the
third time.
In Season 6 her partner was football player Jason Taylor.
They won second place, giving Edyta her best finish in six
seasons.
Śliwińska's husband and professional partner in dance
competitions is Alec Mazo, who also participated in Dancing
with the Stars, winning the first season with Kelly Monaco.
They have danced together for over 6 years and have
performed together multiple times for Dancing with the Stars
results shows in pair numbers. They married on September 1,
2007. |
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Other
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Is of Polish descent.
[November 1st, 2006] Engaged to fellow "Dancing with the
Stars" (2005/I) dancer and professional partner, Alec Mazo.
Her favorite season is summer.
Some of her favorite actresses are, Ingrid Bergman, Audrey
Hepburn, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, and Uma Thurman.
Runs Genesis Ballroom school in San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
Produced "dancing like the pros" and "fitness with the
pros". |
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since May 30, 2008