Typecasting: Maksim Chmerkovskiy plays hunky dance instructor on daytime soap...
"Dancing with the Stars" pro Maksim Chmerkovskiy slipped off his dancing shoes earlier this week to give acting a try. Maksim was at the New York set of ABC's "All My Children" to play — what else — a hunky dance instructor.
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In the episode, which airs on Feb. 26, the women at Fusion Cosmetics, including Annie Laverly, played by Melissa Claire Egan (pictured), have been working long hours and want to take a break. They decide pole dancing will do the trick and they enlist the services of Maksim, who shows up with three poles.
As a nudge, wink and nod to "Dancing," former contestant and fellow hunk Cameron Mathison enters the dance studio and jumps in on the lesson. We find out on Feb. 18 whether Maksim will return for the next season of "DWTS" which kicks off on March 17.
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