Born: 1990
Nationality: Romanian
Education: High School of Choreography “Floria Capsali”, Bucharest
Previous companies: Bucharest National Opera, 2009-16, promoted to soloist in 2012 and to first soloist in 2014
Career: Joined the Royal Danish Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2016
Highlights from the repertoire with the Royal Danish Ballet: Symphony of Psalms (Jiří Kylián), Falling Angels (Jiří Kylián), Swan Lake (Nikolaj Hübbe and Silja Schandorff), Le Conservatoire (August Bournonville), Raymonda (Nikolaj Hübbe) and Jewels (George Balanchine)
Creations: With You by Ross McCaw, 2015
Guest performances: Les Lutins by Johan Kobborg, Dance Open Festival Gala, Saint Petersburg, 2017
Awards: Nominated for “Outstanding performance by a female dancer” by Dance Europe – Marguerite and Armand by Sir Frederick Ashton, 2015
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What was the first ballet you saw?
The first ballet that I saw was Giselle. It remained in my mind as one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. I was maybe 6 years old. And I thought I saw angels dancing.
Why do you dance?
There are some things in life that you can’t explain, but just feel. I chose to dance, that’s it. I felt so really in love with it. I guess it is a connection that I felt to dance and art since I was little girl. Dance is a way through which you can express many emotions, moods, feelings. And especially the language and the colours of your own soul.
Why do you think that ballet is relevant today?
I think that ballet is as important an art form as classical music or a famous painting. All the art forms require a lot of work and dedication and love towards them. An artist has to go through many processes to get to the final result, which will, hopefully, be a combination of beauty and quality. Nowadays experiencing art is one of the only ways to be moved in your mind and your heart and led away from your normal life and routines. Classical music, classical ballet, classical art will never die. What we can do as artists today though, is to refresh and interpret the classical productions with our own experiences as human beings in mind.