DWTS Celebrity Karina Smirnoff New Gig, To Headline in Cruising With The Stars, June 3-10, 2012

Jan. 4, 2012 - PRLog -- DWTS Champion Karina Smirnoff to Headline ‘Cruising With The Stars TM’, New 7-Day Dance, Fan Cruise Event, June 3-10, 2012, Departing Los Angeles to Mexican Riviera

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Dancing With The Stars Celebrity Dance Pro and Season 13 Champion Karina Smirnoff has a new gig – Cruising With The Stars ™, a new dance-focused fan cruise that launches June 3-10, 2012 from Los Angeles for a 7-day excursion to the Mexican Riviera, aboard Carnival Cruise Line’s ship The Splendor.  Ports of call are Cabo San Lucas and Puerto Vallarta.

It’s truly a red carpet affair for this inaugural cruise from Cruising With The Stars ™ which headlines Karina, who, to the thrill of her fans, will be offering all levels of dance and fitness classes on board the ship and inviting both dancers and fans to join her for a full week of celebration following the upcoming DWTS Season 14 – including nightly CWTS cocktail and dance parties, personal Q&A and celeb photo sessions, excursions on shore, all culminating with a spectacular professional dance show.

On Cruising With The Stars, Karina joins six of America’s champion professional dance instructors and performers -- Sharon Savoy and Mike Tuttle, Jamie Bayard and Bonnie Marie, and Enio Cordoba and Terryl Jones.

Cruise event website is www.cruisingwiththestars.net and on Facebook, a fan page at Cruising With The Stars (tm).

“Cruising With The Stars will set a new standard in dance cruise excursions.  Add the rare opportunity to join one of America’s hottest dance celebrities – DWTS’s Karina Smirnoff -- for a full week of unmatched dance instruction and exhilarating performances, and it’s a formula for success,” stated Event Organizer and Hosts Sharon Savoy and Mike Tuttle.    

Karina is especially looking forward to the time off to meet fans personally and work with dancers.  In addition to the unprecedented nearly 60 hours of dance instruction offered on board ship, there will be a limited opportunity to take private lessons with Karina, as well as the other master level instructors.

Cruising With The Stars is open to the general public, but cruisers should make reservations right away since the block of cabins are expected to book quickly.  Both dancer and non-dancer rates are available. To participate in the CWTS program and activities, all cabin reservations must be made through official travel agent Travel Themes And Dreams of Hallandale, Florida, at toll-free 1-800-706-0049, at 1-786-393-5854 for those outside of the USA, or online at www.cruisingwiththestars.net.  


ABOUT KARINA SMIRNOFF:

For the past six years, Karina Smirnoff has made her mark on primetime television as one of the professional dancers on ABC’s top rated program, Dancing with the Stars. She is the reigning champion, winning Season 13 with her inspirational partner, J.R. Martinez. She came to the series during season three with a plethora of accomplishments including five U.S. National Championships, the U.S. Open, the Asian Open and the U.K. Open. Smirnoff was even ranked number two in the world. In June 2009 she made her Broadway Debut in the show Burn the Floor which opened to rave reviews and sold out performances.

Born and raised in Ukraine, the multi-talented dancer started to study dance when she was a mere five-year-old. Her parents exposed her to a multitude of activities including ice skating, gymnastics, ballet and piano lessons. Ultimately, it was dance that prevailed. She started to compete in ballroom dancing by age 11. Her family’s move to the U.S. when she was a teenager provided her with new opportunities; however, it was her strict training and the discipline gleaned from growing up in Ukraine that provided her with the foundation that she needed to be a successful competitor.

Smirnoff’s skills are not merely physical. She studied diligently at Fordham University in New York and earned two degrees – a B.A. in Economics and in Information Systems Programming.

In December 2010, she released her first fitness DVD, Shape up with Karina Smirnoff. The dance inspired DVD focuses on toning, strengthening & muscle confusion; all with the goal of achieving a dancer’s body. In January 2011, Smirnoff launched the Karina Collection of boots with Bearpaw Shoes that are warm and functional. She has also joined forces with Girlactik Beauty to partner on a Karina brand of cosmetics including, Karina’s Hurry Up & Get Ready look – a quick solution to look party perfect in minutes.

In 2011 Karina opened her first dance studio in Los Angeles, Karina Smirnoff Dance, that incorporates competitive and social classes as well as a scholarship program directly related to her charity Dance Intervention – a division of Alternative Intervention Models.

ABOUT CRUISING WITH THE STARS TM:

Cruising With The Stars will launch its first inaugural dance celebrity cruise, June 3-10, 2012, starring DWTS Champion Karina Smirnoff, and departing from Los Angeles to the Mexican Riviera.  

CWTS is the joint venture of Sharon Savoy and Mike Tuttle and Travel Themes and Dreams of Hallandale, FL.  Public relations/marketing agency is AF Prince Associates of Charlotte, NC.

ABOUT CWTS HOSTS – Sharon Savoy and Mike Tuttle:

Ms. Savoy along with her husband, Michael Tuttle, are the event organizers and celebrity hosts of Cruising With The Stars TM .

Sharon Savoy is a 3X World, 4X Blackpool, 7X U.S. Open and 3X Star Search Dance Champion. She has been the featured dancer in Hollywood movies such as “Dracula- Dead and Loving It!” and “Head of State.” She has also performed on PBS, Regis and Kathie Lee, Entertainment Tonight, Sydney Olympics and at the Kennedy Center, and is author of “Ballroom!- An inside look at the world of competitive dance”.

ABOUT TRAVEL THEMES AND DREAMS:

Cruising With The Stars ™ has chosen Travel Themes And Dreams, Inc. as the official travel agency for Karina’s cruise.  Travel Themes And Dreams is a licensed and bonded Florida-based travel agency specializing in theme-based cruises, and the company is responsible for all travel arrangements both onboard and pre- and post-cruise.  Travel Themes And Dreams friendly and professional staff is available to assist clients with all of their travel plans in conjunction with the cruise.

For more information:

Media Only Contact:
AF Prince Associates Public Relations/Angela Prince
Charlotte, NC    704-888-3073 office   aprince@afprince.com

General Public Information/For Reservations Contact:
Travel Themes And Dreams
Hallandale, FL    1-800-706-0049  or  786-393-5854
www.cruisingwiththestars.net

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