Career

He emigrated to the United States in 1978 and, as of 2013, lives in Miami, Florida. After retiring from competitions, Kanevsky joined the American Ballroom Theater (ABrT). As part of ABrT, he participated in a number of shows.

Since 1990, he trained competitive dancers, and in 1993, founded the Kaiser Dancesport Club.

He was as well involved in staging choreography for competitive ice dancers, including Oleg Ovsyannikov and Anjelika Krylova as well as Maxim Staviski and Albena Denkova. Eugene Katsevman

Maria Manusova

Oksana Zolotarevskaya

Bas van der Zanden

Karina Smirnoff

Beata Onefater

Maks Chmerkovskiy

Valentin Chmerkovskiy

Alan Krasilnikov

Anna Tovbin

Anja Katsevman

Kenneth Polishchuk

Dmitry Yesin.

Achievements

• Kanevsky won a number of dance competitions, including the Eastern United States, the Middle United States, and the California Star Ball Championships, the 1987 and 1988 titles of Ohio Star Ball Champion (of Public Broadcasting Service television’s Championship Ballroom Dancing fame), as well as reached the finals of both the USBC (United States Open Dancesport Championships) and Louisiana Classique du Quebec (Canadian Open Championships).