Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Maksim Chmerkovskiy is a Latin Ballroom dance champion, choreographer, and instructor. He is best known for appearing on three seasons of the American version of the television series Dancing With The Stars. Born on January 17, 1980 in Odessa, Ukraine, Maksim began dancing at the age of four. In his native land he was one of the leading junior couples in ballroom dancing before his family immigrated to the United States in 1992.