Alec Mazo is best known for being the winner of the first season of "Dancing with the Stars" with Kelly Monaco. He has toured with "Dancing with the Stars" and was featured in the fitness section of the new book. He is a 5 time US National Finalist. Alec has been in movies "Dance With Me" and "Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons". He performed in commercials "Kay Jewelers" and "Ipod". Recently he was featured in the new "Seal" video and the hit NBC series "Heroes". Alec, together with Edyta, produced instructional fitness DVDs "Dancing like the Pros" and "Fitness with the Pros". Alec and Edyta run their dance school Genesis Ballroom in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Born in Russia, Alec moved to the United States when he was 12 years old. His parents opened a dance school (Genesis DanceSport) in 1994 and Alec started managing it when he was 16. Alec studied at Berkeley University and received a bachelor's degree in Cognitive Science with emphasis on Psychology.
