Anna "Anya" Garnis (Russian: Анна "Аня" Гарнис; born May 26, 1982) is a Latvian ballroom dancer based in New York City. In 2007 she was a contestant on the American reality television show So You Think You Can Dance.
In 2000, Garnis moved to the US with Pasha Kovalev to dance professionally. She was a top 20 contestant on So You Think You Can Dance, season 3, and went on to take part in the live tour. She was brought back to the program to take part as an all-star. Kovalev and Garnis were also the lead dancers in Burn the Floor. She was then the lead dancer in Dancing With the Stars Live in Las Vegas. Garnis rejoined Kovalev on the cast of Strictly Come Dancing as a professional dancer for series 11 in 2013, in which she was partnered with Casualty actor Patrick Robinson. They reached the semi-finals, before losing the dance-off to Natalie Gumede and Artem Chigvintsev.
SeriesPartnerPlaceAverage11Patrick Robinson5th32.6
Performances with Patrick Robinson
WeekDance & songJudges' scoreTotalResultHorwoodBussellGoodmanTonioli1Jive / "Runaway Baby"777728No Elimination2Tango / "Beat It"677727Safe3Foxtrot / "Let There Be Love"677727Safe4Cha-cha-cha / "Mercy"889833Safe5Salsa / "Wings"687728Bottom two6Quickstep / "Man with the Hex"899834Safe7American Smooth / "It Had to Be You"91099Safe8Samba / "Copacabana"899935Safe9Viennese waltz / "A New Day Has Come"888832Safe10Charleston / "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"810101038Safe11Rumba / "When I Was Your Man"8109936 Bottom twoSwing-a-thon / "Do You Love Me"Awarded5extrapoints4112Waltz / "Unchained Melody"Paso doble / "Because the Night"979899993633 Eliminated
Garnis returned to Strictly Come Dancing in Week 11, Series 13 to replace Ola Jordan for professional dances only. Her partner in those dances is Pasha Kovalev.
References
External links
So You Think You Can Dance official site Strictly Come Dancing television series, up to Series 11, week 12