Zhanna Prokopchuk

Behind the scenes of a 100th Blackpool Dance Festival finalist medal ✨

What truly stands behind the scenes?

Not just the dress, the hair, the makeup, or the few minutes on the dance floor.

It’s early mornings and late nights. Training through exhaustion. Pushing through injuries. Self-doubt. Sacrifices. Repeating the same routines over and over until they become second nature.

It’s discipline when motivation disappears. It’s believing in yourself when results don’t come immediately. It’s trusting your coaches, supporting your team, and having people beside you who continue believing in you — even on days when you struggle to believe in yourself.

It’s passion. Resilience. Tears. Growth. Small improvements nobody sees.

And then one day, those unseen moments become part of something bigger.

A finalist medal is never just a medal.

It’s every hard day that almost made you quit — and every reason why you kept going ✨

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Being a finalist ✨at the Millennium Blackpool Dance Festival ✨ wow ✨

I’m incredibly grateful for this journey 🙏 — for every lesson, challenge, and unforgettable moment along the way.

Most importantly, thank you to my family , my friends, my partner Tal Livsh*tz and my entire support team Ilana , .kuryliuk .

Today, I’m here because of YOU wonderful people in my life. Your love, belief, encouragement, and support have carried me through every step.

This achievement is not mine alone — it belongs to all of us. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. ❤️

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My heart is made of two parts that can never be divided…

One beats for me, and the other beats for two little souls who made me a mother. ❤️❤️

Don Alfonso ⭐️

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