Andy Kainz
Andreas "Andy" Kainz (born April 24, 1974 in St. Veit an der Glan , Carinthia ) is an Austrian professional dancer .
Career
At first, Kainz aspired to a career as a football player and only decided to dance at the age of 16. In 1994 he became the youngest national champion in Latin American dances in the history of Austria.
Since 1995 he has danced with Kelly Kainz , with whom he has also been married since 2001 . They lived in Austria until 1997, after which they moved to Kelly's home country Great Britain for the next 8 years and also started for England during this time. In 2001 the two switched to the professional camp and won the Blackpool Dance Festival . In 2004 they ended their active career in order to concentrate in the future on shows and their work as dance sports trainers and dance teachers. In 2005 they returned to Austria. The two currently live in Carinthia and are cadre trainers of the Austrian dance sport association. At the beginning of the 2008/09 school year, with the help of the Province of Carinthia, they started the Andy and Kelly go back 2 School project at 12 selected Carinthian elementary schools . As part of this project, they inspire more than 500 elementary school students to dance as part of a non-binding exercise.
Participation in Dancing Stars
Andy Kainz took part in the first five seasons of the show Dancing Stars and was twice winner: in the first season together with Marika Lichter and in the fifth season alongside Claudia Reiterer . His wife Kelly also won the show twice.
overview
| Season | partner | placement |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marika lights | 1/8 |
| 2 | Gerda Rogers | 10/10 |
| 3 | Stephanie Graf | 8/10 |
| 4th | Elke Winkens | 3/10 |
| 5 | Claudia Reiterer | 1/12 |
Participation in the Eurovision Dance Contest
Andy and Kelly Kainz represented Austria on September 1, 2007 at the first edition of the Eurovision Dance Contest ; the couple had been selected internally by the ORF . Her first dance was a jive to the song Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy , and The black pearl was chosen as the second track from the soundtrack for the movie Pirates of the Caribbean . Andy and Kelly danced a Paso Doble to this song , which - in order to incorporate the required national elements - also contained elements of the Viennese waltz . In total, it was enough for 5th place in this show with a total of 16 participating dance couples from different nations with 74 points.
Success in dance sport
- Three times Austrian national champion in Latin American dances: 1994 (with Monika Fritz), 1995 and 1996 (with Kelly Kainz aka Kelly Beesley)
- 4th place in the amateur world rankings
- 2001 Winner Blackpool Rising Stars Latin (first tournament as a professional)
- Top 10 in the professional world rankings
- Triple British show dance master
- Finalist (top 6) at world and European championships
Although he achieved his greatest successes not for Austria but for England, Andy Kainz is the most successful Austrian dance athlete of the last 30 years.
Individual evidence
- ↑ ORF Dancing Stars ( Memento from March 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.diepresse.com/home/leben/316054/index.do?_vl_backlink=/home/leben/index.do
Web links
- Official homepage of Andy & Kelly Kainz
- Homepage of the project "Andy and Kelly go back 2 School"
- Biography from stars.orf.at
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kainz, Andy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kainz, Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian dance athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Veit an der Glan , Carinthia |