Anastasia Kuzmina (dancer)

For the Slovak biathlete born in Russia, see Anastasiya Kuzmina.

Anastasia Kuzmina (born 21 March 1993 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian dancer and media personality.

Anastasia Kuzmina
Born	(1993-03-21) 21 March 1993 (age 31) Kyiv, Ukraine
Nationality	Ukrainian
Occupations	Dancer actress television personality
Years active	2001–present
Relatives	Nikita Kuzmin (brother)

Biography

A professional dancer since 2001, Kuzmina is best known for her participation with model and actor Andrés Gil in three Italian reality shows. In January 2012, the Argentinian media personality Gil took part^[1] (with Bobo Vieri, Alex Belli, Anna Tatangelo, Ria Antoniou, Ariadna Romero and other contestants) in the eighth series of the Italian reality show Ballando con le Stelle^[1] hosted on Rai 1 by Milly Carlucci with Paolo Belli and his Big Band.^[2] In that series, the couple Gil-Kuzmina won^[3] the first place; they won, in April 2012,^[4] the third place in the contest of champions, named Ballando con te, against some past champions^[4] of the past editions of Ballando con le Stelle. In September 2012, Kuzmina and Gil took part in the first season,^[5] aired on Rai 2 with Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia^[5] as host, of Pechino Express,^[5] the Italian version of the international reality show Peking Express.^[5] In October 2014 Kuzmina took part in the tenth season of Ballando con le Stelle with Tony Colombo.^[6] In March 2019 Kuzmina became the host (with Lorenzo Branchetti)^[7] of Happy Dance, a children's dance program aired by Rai Gulp.^[7] In February 2021 Kuzmina started a stage with PMI in Switzerland.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012–present	Ballando con le Stelle	Herself/Dancer	Talent show (seasons 8–present)
2012	Pechino Express	Herself/ Contestant	Reality show (season 1)
2013–2014	Anastasia Love Dance	Anastasia	Acting debut, lead role (12 episodes)
2017	Ballando on the Road	Herself/Dancer	Talent show (season 1)
2017	Dance Battle	Herself/Dancer	Videoclip
2019	Happy Dance	Herself/host	Children's dance program

References

1. "Andres Gil a Ballando Con le Stelle 8".
2. "Ballando con le stelle 2012 - Andres Gil". 29 December 2011.
3. "Rai Uno - Ballando con le stelle 2012 - Andres Gil e Anastasia Kuzmina vincitori di Ballando con le stelle 2012".
4. "Ballando con te - Kaspar Capparoni e Yulia Musikhina vincono la Coppa del capitano". 7 April 2012.
5. "I Concorrenti di Pechino Express: Andres Gil e Anastasia Kuzmina".
6. "Ballando con le stelle: La salsa di Tony Colombo e Anastasia Kuzmina (Video)". 25 October 2014.
7. "Happy Dance - Tutorial".