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)
NationalityBelarusian
Occupation(s)Dancer and designer

Private life

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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

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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

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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

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

References

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  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