In the late 2009 I had to go through one of the hardest moments in my life, when I was told to leave the dance practice floor at the place I first started dancing…. To say that was a hard breaking may not be enough, at the end of the day that was my home, my dream, my passion, my love, my everything… The reason to be ask to leave was, that I missed 2 major dance events due to surgery of my right toe (my teacher didn’t exactly care, since that created too much stress on finding a guy to dance instead of me). After feeling absolutely miserable and disappointed, I tried to pull myself back and in the next 2 months I did my best to prove to everyone how good I was, how talented and so forth. At the end I was able to get back my place into the dance school, without realizing that I was simply trying to prove something to other people, to make other people proud and happy…. At that time, I forgot what really matter to me – the art of dance, the joy of being on the floor, the pleasure of expressing myself with variety of movements. In 2010 i was selected to dance in a TV show “Bailando” with at that time, the youngest female in the Bulgarian parliament (apparently she was the star). The final price for whoever wins the show was to make your dreams come true (in my case, I was dancing for my very best friend, who was in a major accident and is disabled after that). 
That was probably the real turning point in my life, because I was able to see the other side of dance, the other side of my career in general. Since that time, I promised myself that regardless of any circumstances I will dancing, I will be happy and successful (subjective and not trying to compare). Will never stop dreaming big, never stop progressing and making MYSELF happy and proud of who I am…
Dancer, competitor, teacher, dreamer…
In the mid 2011 I won a lottery for Green Card to US and the rest… The rest is that dream that i will continue working towards, every single day…Because the best is yet to come…
My suggestion to all students is to dream big, practice your dancing every day and be happy…. Nothing else matters
Don’t ever be in a position to regret about unused opportunities…
Aleksandar Bonev – Co-Owner of
North Shore Dance Society Glencoe
660 Vernon Ave
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