Emil Yordanov was born in Varna, Bulgaria. He completed the National High School of Dance Arts in the class of Petar Koldamov and continued his studies at the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts where he got Bachelor’s degree /ballet pedagogy/.

In 2004 he got the prestigious prize “A. Petrov” at the  XI–the National Meeting of Young Ballet Dancers in Sofia.

During year 2005, he got an honorary diploma for the Day of Slavic Alpahbet and Culture 24-th  May by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria.   

He started his professional career at the Sofia National Opera and Ballet and displayed his talent as a soloist in the ballet roles: Siegfried /”Swan Lake”/, Albert/”Giselle”/, Prince Desire/”The Sleeping Beauty”/, Armandt Duvalle/”The Lady of the Camellias”/, John /”Zorba the Greek”/, Franz /”Copellia”/ and as the Prince /”The Nutcracker”/. He also participated as a soloist in the performances of Bourgas and Plovdiv Opera and Ballet House.

In 2008 and 2009, he took part in tour performances in many Italian cities, playing the main roles in: “Carmina Burana”, “Traviata”, “The Nutcracker” and others.  

Emil Yordanov has also put on tour performances in Canada, Japan, USA, Germany, Denmark, Italy and Greece.