Alec Lazo

Who is Alec Lazo?

Alejandro "Alec" Lazo is a Cuban-American professional dancer, instructor, and choreographer based in Palm Beach, Florida. Lazo was the US International Rising Star Latin Champion in 1990 and went on through over twenty years of successful DanceSport competition. This cumulated in 1999 when he became the U.S. Nine-Dance Champion. He has appeared numerous times in television and theater in various capacities, and has also transitioned into the world of broadcast media as a spokesperson, guest host, and artist. He hosted several national PBS specials including "WXEL Presents", "Tango: The Spirit of Argentina", and "Fiesta at the Philharmonic".

In 1999, he was featured in the dance film Strictly Dancing alongside his then-dance partner, Denise Lazo.

Alec Lazo's "Paramount Ballroom" in Palm Beach, Florida was one of the training sites for Cheryl Burke and Cristián de la Fuente during Season 6 of Dancing with the Stars.

More recently, Florence Henderson, better known as Carol Brady from The Brady Bunch, and Latin dance champion Corky Ballas trained at Paramount for D.W.T.S. Season 11.