Alec Lazo

{{Short description|American dancer}}

{{distinguish|text=the similarly named dancer Alec Mazo}}

{{Infobox dancer

| name = Alec Lazo

| birth_name = Alejandro Lazo

| birth_date = February 23

| birth_place = Havana, Cuba

| height = 5 ft 11 in

| occupation = Professional Dancer
Instructor
Choreographer

| website = {{URL|www.paramountballroom.com}}

}}

Alejandro Lazo (born February 23) 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.dancedirectory.com/champions.php |title=Dance Teachers, Merchants, Competitions, Places to Dance |publisher=Dance Directory.com |accessdate=2010-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708223312/http://www.dancedirectory.com/champions.php |archive-date=2011-07-08 |url-status=dead }} 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".

Alec is the Owner/Founder of: "Paramount Ballroom" a premiere ballroom dance studio in Palm Beach Florida, which has been a training site for Dancing With the Stars Cheryl Burke and Cristián de la Fuente during Season 6 of Dancing with the Stars.{{cite web|url=http://www.lazodancesport.com/photo-albums/dancing-with-the-stars-comes-to-paramount-ballroom/ |title=Dancing With the Stars comes to Paramount Ballroom - Photo Albums — Alec Lazo's Paramount Ballroom |publisher=Lazodancesport.com |accessdate=2010-05-31 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106210242/http://lazodancesport.com/photo-albums/dancing-with-the-stars-comes-to-paramount-ballroom/ |archivedate=January 6, 2009 }}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmXjpjIHT0I|title = - YouTube|website = YouTube}}

Lazo currently travels across the United States judging competitions, lecturing, coaching, consulting, and performing. He is a Dance Vision International (DVIDA) certified instructor alongside such names as Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Buddy Schwimmer.{{cite web |url=http://www.dancevision.com/instructors/alec_lazo |title=Instructors :: Alec Lazo |publisher=Dancevision |accessdate=2010-05-31 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030428100206/http://dancevision.com/instructors/alec_lazo/ |archivedate=28 April 2003 |url-status=dead }}