Strictly Come Dancing pro dancer Nikita Kuzmin is bringing his Midnight Dancer show to Dublin. Here, he talks to RTÉ Entertainment’s John Byrne about the tour – and his love of Strictly.
Although he’s still in his 20s, he’s packed a lot into that time and has led quite a unique life. Born in the Ukraine in 1997, his family moved to Italy when he was nine, in order to support his older sister, Anastasia Kuzmina, in her dancing career.
He also got the dancing bug and became a six-time Italian Champion in Latin and Ballroom dance.
Nikita moved to Germany when he was eighteen, where he started working at future fellow Strictly alumni Motsi Mabuse’s dance…