Anya’s self-professed dancing style is quick, sensual and passionate. She moved from Russia to the US in 2001 to start her professional dancing career with Pasha Kovalev. Help us build our profile of Anya Garnis! She lists Mikhail Baryshnikov as her favorite professional dancer. Garnis was the only person in her family to ever dance worked in a law firm in Russia before moving to the United States in 2001 and has been dancing with partner and fellow finalist Pasha Kovalev for nine years. Anna "Anya" Garnis (Russian: Анна "Аня" Гарнис; born May 26, 1982) is a Latvian American ballroom dancer based in New York City.In 2007 she was a finalist on the American reality television show So You Think You Can Dance.. 4,174 Followers, 929 Following, 429 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Anya Garnis (@anyagarnisla) When Strictly Come Dancing star Anya Garnis found the perfect home to buy with her boyfriend, she was thrilled. Anya Garnis. Anya Garnis, born in Russia on May 15, 1982, is a Latin dancer from New York City she was a finalist in 2007 of the American reality television show So You Think You Can Dance. Garnis started dancing at the age of 9 and has reached the finals at the 2004 U.S. Open Ballroom Championship. Fact title Fact data; Age: 31 Partner: Patrick Robinson. Contribute. Login to add information, pictures and relationships, join in discussions and get credit for your contributions. Anya Garnis is a member of the following lists: Dance biographical stubs, 1982 births and Dancing with the Stars.. In 2001, Garnis moved to the US with Pasha Kovalev to dance professionally. Although she has her ballroom costumes sewn by a dressmaker in New York City, Garnis designs them herself. But one of the show's professional dancers, Anya Garnis, 31, who once dated Pasha, 33, says that any claims that her ex-love had any impact on Rachel's marriage are totally untrue. Strictly's Anya Garnis says claims ex-lover Pasha Kovalev killed Rachel Riley’s marriage are “absolutely untrue”.