DanceSport - Stay United {with Antoaneta Popova}

During these difficult times, Alessandro Scalora & Igor
Golovach decided to take the time to unite people from all over
the world of the beauty DanceSport industry. Instructors,
choreographers, and dancers alike joined us to share their
thoughts on staying strong and positive during this worldwide
epidemic, sharing their advice on fighting on and not losing
hope, sending their messages of support and aspiration. Thus, the
project of "Stay United" was formed.


This video features Antoaneta Popova!  Antoaneta is
originally from Plovdiv, Bulgaria. She moved to Canada in 2008 to
pursue her childhood dream of becoming a World Champion in
Ballroom Dancing. Matching up with her dance partner Anton
Belyayev brings that dream to reality and in 2016 when they
become the WDSF Professional World 10 Dance Champions.


Other titles and achievements:  4 Times Bulgarian DanceSport
Champion 7 Times Canadian Absolute Champion North American
Champion Asian Pacific Champion World Cup Amateur Champion World
Cup Professional Champion Miss Bulgaria in Canada 2015 Executive
Director for Miss Face of Humanity Antoaneta has always been
passionate about helping others, and in 2017/18 she accepted the
honorable position of Executive Director for Miss Face of
Humanity.


From a young age she was very passionate about drawing so, after
being in special program for arts in elementary school, she
continued studying at the best high school for arts in Bulgaria
and was accepted at the National Art Academy. Unfortunately,
later on a hard decision had to be taken and it came down to
either pursuing her dancing or art dreams! Since she decided to
move to Toronto to represent Canada as a competitive ballroom
dancer, she had to drop out of the Art Academy in Bulgaria.
However, that hasn’t stopped her from keeping up with her art as
a designer of her dance costumes and also her students’ costumes.


Today, Antoaneta is committed to raising a new generation of
champions and helping the world become a better place with one
random act of kindness each day!