Today on The Neil Haley Show, Neil "The Media Giant" Haley interview Maks Chmerkoskiy.Maksim "Maks" Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy is a Ukrainian Latin Ballroomdance champion, choreographer, Broadway performer, and actor. He iswidely known as one of the professional dancers on the Americantelevision series Dancing with the Stars, on which he first appeared inseason two. In 14 appearances on the show, Chmerkovskiy made it to thefinal round four times, with two runner-up and two third placefinishes.On May 20, 2014, Chmerkovskiy, paired with Olympic ice dancer Meryl Davis, won his first Dancing with the Stars title.Following his win with Davis, Maksim announced his retirement from the show.Maksim owns four dance studios in greater New York City. The threestudios - Dance With Me USA - are social dance studios located inRidgefield, New Jersey, and Long Island, New York, as well as the Sohoneighborhood of Manhattan. He recently opened another studio inStamford, Connecticut. He is also the founder of the Rising Stars DanceAcademy in NYC.Maksim appeared on the TV Land sitcom "The Exes" in July 2012. He alsoappeared on the ABC soap General Hospital in March 2013 playing therole of handyman Anton Ivanov, who danced with Kelly Monaco's characterSam Morgan during the Nurses' Ball.In July 2013 Maksim made his second stint on the Broadway production of"Forever Tango. He first appeared on Broadway in the ballroom fusionproduction "Burn The Floor" in 2009 - 2010.