Nadya Khamitskaya

Nadya Khamitskaya (born 21 November 1982, in Belarusian SSR) is a dancer and designer, best known for taking part in TV 2's reality show Skal vi danse.^[1] Khamitskaya has won the Norwegian national dance championships five times.

Nadya Khamitskaya
Nadya Khamitskaya at Women's Lunch 2011, arranged by Start NHH.
Born	(1982-11-21) 21 November 1982 (age 41) Belarusian SSR
Nationality	Belarusian
Occupation(s)	Dancer and designer

Private life

Khamitskaya came to Norway aged 17 to advance her dance career.^[2]

She is in a relationship with VG-journalist Mads A. Andersen.^[3]

Skal vi danse

Khamitskaya became well known as one of the professional dancers for many seasons on Skal vi danse.

• In Winter 2008 Khamitskaya danced to second place with Tore André Flo.
• In Winder 2009 Khamitskaya danced with Svein Østvik, better known as "Charter-Svein" from TV 3's program Charterfeber.^[4]
• In Winter 2010 Khamitskaya was meant to dance with Tom Nordlie, but he dropped out three weeks before the competition.^[5] Her new dance partner was Åsleik Engmark, and the couple were well known for their humorous dancing.^[6] The pair won the final in 2010.
• In Winter 2011 Khamitskaya danced with the NRK-personality Noman Mubashir.
• In Winter 2012 Khamitskaya danced with the artist Vebjørn Sand
• In Winter 2013 Khamitskaya danced with the Idol-finalist Eirik Søfteland
• In Winter 2014 Khamitskaya danced with the ex-footballer Roar Strand (Rosenborg)

Design

Khamitskaya's design is called "Venti Uno", which is Italian and means "21". The clothing design was first shown at Oslo Fashion Week in 2008.^[7][8][9]

Her design career took off when Khamitskaya designed the gold dress for Therese Johaug at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo^[10] and designed Dorthe Skappel's dress for the Gullruten 2011.^[11]

Titles

Nadya Khamitskaya has competed in the Norwegian dance championships.^[12]

• 2007: Norwegian champion in 10-dance with Tom-Erik Nilsen
• 2007: Norwegian champion in standard dance with Tom-Erik Nilsen
• 2003: Norwegian champion in 10-dance with Thomas Kagnes
• 2003: Norwegian champion in standard-dance with Thomas Kagnes
• 2002: Norwegian champion in standand-dance with Thomas Kagnes

References

1. Nadya Khamitskaya: Dansende kjolekunstner Archived 2 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine, dans.no, 26 April 2011
2. Nadya er singel og vil ha barn, TV 2, 27 November 2010
3. – Ja, vi er kjærester, seher.no, 18 February 2011
4. -Svein er utfordrende og krevende, page 2, 2 October 2009
5. -Føles som om jeg har lagt ut en kontaktannonse, VG Nett, 17 August 2010
6. Video: Åsleik og Nadyas hysterisk morsomme Jive – Skal vi danse 2010, youtube, clip from TV 2, 20 October 2010
7. Bilder tatt av Bjørn Christiansen Archived 27 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
8. Drømmer om å lage perfekte kjoler, TV 2, 8 February 2010
9. Regner med å bruke 300 000 på Fashion Week debuten Archived 27 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine, kjendis.no, 16 February 2010
10. Thereses gullkjole kan bli din Archived 11 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine, kjendis.no, 7 March 2011
11. Nadya om Dorthes "gullruten"-kjoler: -Veldig sexy Archived 6 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine, minmote.no
12. NM-vinnere, EM og VM-medaljer Archived 12 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Norges Danseforbund