Marioara-Dumitrita Cheptene holds 3 World Dance Sport Champion titles and a dazzling track record of podiums throughout her career.  How did a small girl born in a village about 30km away from the capital of Moldova become an international star in her industry? At the age of five, the revelation of classical dance during a television report at the Bolshoi theatre in Moscow was the trigger for a brilliant career.

 

I want to be a dancer!”, she declared to her mother.
Marioara’s childhood and adolescence were not those of the average child. She dedicated herself completely to the long hours of practice, series of efforts and pain, discouragement but total commitment in order to service her dream to become a World Champion. Marioara, with unwavering tenacity, perseverance and resilience ends up building an excellent dancing career. Her professional path leads her to France where she pairs with an equally dedicated dancer with whom she ends up harvesting the many many peaks in her profession.Today, Marioara has become an international dance competition judge and supports, with her knowledge of the discipline, the National Dance Federation in its goal of recognising ballroom dancing as a sport discipline fit for the Olympic Games