Kristina Rihanoff
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Westcroft Leisure Centre Grand Opening. Kristina Rihanoff and Ian Waite get involved with the 'Everyone Active Strictly Come Dancing Competition' group warm up.
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| Born |
Kristina Pshenichnykh 22 September 1977 Vladivostok, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Dancer |
| Television | Strictly Come Dancing (2008–15) |
| Partner(s) | Ben Cohen |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Igor Pshenichnykh |
| Website |
http://www.officialkristinarihanoff.com http://www.bespokeballroom.com http://www.dotcomcf.org/ |
http://www.officialkristinarihanoff.com http://www.bespokeballroom.com
Kristina Rihanoff (Russian: Кристина Пшеничных,: Kristina Pshenichnykh; born 22 September 1977) is a world finalist professional ballroom dancer, instructor, choreographer and author. She has a degree in Tourism and Hospitality; after finishing public school she studied with St Petersburg Branch of Modern Humanitarian Academy which has several colleges around Russia including Vladivostok.
The daughter of two engineers, Rihanoff was born and grew up in Vladivostok, Russia, and started taking dance lessons from aged 5. Her parents divorced when she was aged 12, during the time when the breakup of the Soviet Union was occurring. Living with her mother, aged 15 she became a part-time dance instructor to help the household budget, earning in a day what her professionally educated mother could earn in a month.
Aged 21, she was asked to become an instructor to Russian dancers based in the United States. She also undertook displays and instructed on dance classes in the evenings. She developed her career over the next few years through a combination of teaching and performing, in the United States as well as choreographing shows in China, Hong Kong and Japan.
Continuing her professional dance career, she gained 1st place in the South African International Latin Championship (2005–2006), 2nd in the US National American Rhythm Finals (2003–2005), 2nd in the Open to the World,Mambo Championship (2003–2004), and was a Semi-Finalist at the Open to the World, Blackpool Dance Festival in 2007.
After being partnered with American professional Brian Fortuna, she has performed in the UK with Robin Windsor since 2011.
Rihanoff competed as a professional dancer in the sixth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2008. She was partnered up with political broadcaster and author John Sergeant. On 19 November 2008, Sergeant announced that he would be withdrawing from the series, leaving them in seventh place.
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