Kledi Kadiu (born 7 April 1974)[1] is an Albanian-born, naturalized Italian dancer, choreographer, dance teacher, and television personality.
The following year, he starred in his first film Passo a Due, a semi-biographical movie directed by Andrea Barzini, where Kadiu portrays Beni, a young Albanian who arrives in Italy seeking fame and fortune as a dancer.
He starred in another cinematographic film, La cura del gorilla, as well as a television mini-series which was broadcast by Rai Uno in 2007.
On 27 January 2009, Kadiu's autobiography, Meglio di una Favola (Better Than a Fairy-Tale), published by Mondadori, went on sale in Italy.
On 2 September 2022, it was announced that Kadiu would be a judge on the eighth season of the Albanian version of Dancing with the Stars on Top Channel.
[5] In May 2008, Kadiu was physically assaulted and verbally-abused by a group of three men in a xenophobic attack which took place inside his dance school in the Appio district of Rome.