VIDEO INTERVIEW – The dancer is on the bill Disturbing disappearanceon France 2 this Monday October 7. On the “Buzz TV” set, she returns to this project but also the happy event she is preparing to host with the former star dancer of the Paris Opera.
For his first role in a fiction, Denitsa Ikonomova plays Norma Guilbert, a restaurant manager about to become a mother. And as she goes to the maternity ward to give birth, the young woman suddenly disappears. The police captain involved in the case, and played by Béatrice Dalle, will have to find her as quickly as possible. This is the pitch for the new episode of the collection Disturbing disappearance broadcast this Monday, October 7 in the first part of the evening on France 2. For the anecdote, the dancer and choreographer revealed in “Dancing with the Stars” was actually pregnant with her first child on the set. Just a few weeks.
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«We start filming and I find out I’m pregnant», Reveals the Bulgarian-Canadian dancer on the set of “Buzz TV”. “I told the director much later and he couldn’t believe it. It’s like he had a vision about me when he offered me the role», summarizes Denitsa Ikonomova. A surprise pregnancy for her and her companion, the former star dancer of the Paris Opera, François Alu, met in 2021 in “Dancing with the Stars”. “We talked about it but it wasn’t something planned at that time“, she admits.
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A first role that this fan of Joël Dicker’s novels will remember for a long time. For other reasons. Denitsa Ikonomova didn’t even take a test! “The director didn’t give me a casting because he said I would be bad! (…) Production wasn’t very reassured, they wanted to see me first. But ultimately, the first day of filming was the first day I acted!“, she says, laughing. “I love challenges and I had 100% confidence», she adds again.
“I felt like I was cheating on my guy with permission!” »
Denitsa Ikonomova on filming Disappearance
Acting classes taken a few years ago and her experience in “Dancing with the Stars” helped her. “I was comfortable with the cameras“, she assures. Particularly for a kissing scene with his partner. François Alu wasn’t even jealous. “He’s an artist too and we’re very close when we dance. At first, I felt like I was cheating on my guy with permission! It was very disturbing “, she jokes.
Now 7 months pregnant, Denitsa Ikonomova, 37, feels ready to welcome her first child. The term of pregnancy is expected for the month of November. “It’s going really well, I don’t have many symptoms, it’s really extraordinary, I’m lucky», confides the one who remained active for a long time. “I was able to do everything I wanted up until then. I finished my tour, I’m very happy».
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Girl or boy? Denitsa Ikonomova refuses to reveal gender to the general public. “ I know itshe says. François too even if he didn’t want to know it at first. It’s very hard to keep a secret“. All that remains is for the artist couple to find the first name. “It’s very difficult to give a first name for life, to a living being who hasn’t really chosen one. I know I have to do it, I have no choice but it’s a big responsibility.»
“All my friends told me to give it a chance”
Denitsa Ikonomova on her meeting with François Alu
Denitsa Ikonomova also returns to the officialization of her relationship with François Alu, on Instagram, around ten days after the announcement of her pregnancy. The two lovers never appeared together until now. “I never revealed the person I was in a relationship with, concedes Denitsa Ikonomova. There, we said to ourselves that we were starting a new life. We are very transparent with François, we are people in the media and we know that at some point, people will suspect it. There were rumors. I didn’t want it to be a secret. We have never hidden ourselves, we assume 100% because we love each other. Now he is more than my companion, we are linked for life”she rejoices.
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If François Alu fell in love with Denitsa Ikonomova the day he met her backstage at “Dancing with the Stars”, the person concerned cannot say the same. “He struggled quite a bit. I was in my single period, I told myself that I didn’t need anyone, that I was going to take care of myself and ultimately, life is unpredictable. All my friends told me to give it a chance“. Eventually, their love would come to fruition before the end of the season in which they were both judges.
