ANDRA IONETE

Born in 1983 in Bucharest. She begins ballet at the age of 4. In 1993 she attends ballet classes at the Floria Capsali High School in Bucharest. She obtains several 1st, 2nd, 3rd and excellence awards at the National Olympiad as well as at the Oleg Danovsky International Ballet Competition.

In 2002 she joins the corps de ballet of the Romanian National Opera. Since 2003 she dances as a soloist, and since 2007 as a Principal Dancer.

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Since 2003:
Spring / Cinderella choreography by Mihai Babușka
Princess Florina, Jewels / The Sleeping Beauty choreography by Alexa Mezincescu
Pas d’action, Three Shades / La Bayadère choreography by Mihai Babușka
Pas de deux Friends, Mona and Zulma / Giselle choreography by Mihai Babușka
Princesses / Anna Karenina choreography by Ioan Tugearu
Pas de trois, Little Swans, Czardas / Swan Lake choreography by Gheorghe Iancu
Palladio choreography by Mihai Babușka
Sofia / Women choreography by Gheorghe Iancu

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Since 2007:
Clara / The Nutcracker choreography by Alexa Mezincescu
Kitri, Mercedes / Don Quixote choreography by Jaroslav Slavicky
Raymonda / Raymonda choreography by Asami Maki
Manon / Manon choreography by Sir Kenneth McMillan
Lise / La fille mal gardée choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton
Titania / Dream choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton
Swanilda / Coppelia choreography by Corina Dumitrescu
Medora / Le Corsaire choreography by Vasili Medvedev
Aurora / The Sleeping Beauty choreography by Vasili Medvedev
Rosalinda / Romeo & Juliet choreography by Renato Zanela
Sugar Plum Fairy / The Nutcracker choreography by Oleg Danovsky
Snow White / Snow White choreography by Francisc Valkay
Serenade, Waltz Fantasy choreography by George Balanchine
Falling Angels, Petit Mort choreography by Jiri Kylian
The Three-Cornered Hat choreography by Carlos Vilan
Opus 13 choreography by Renato Zanela
Timid Tango, Fatal Tango choreography by Edward Clug

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In 2016 guest of the International Festival of Music and Dance in Granada (Spain) together with the Bolshoi Theatre - Moscow. In 2017 at the Aegean International Festival and other galas in Italy, Denmark, Greece and the Netherlands.

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She graduated from the I.L. Caragiale University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest in 2005, at the Pedagogy department, and in 2009 obtained her Master’s degree in Choreography. Between 2001–2002 member of the modern dance company “Sincretic Art”. In 2007 she taught at the Floria Capsali High School, Bucharest.

She received training with Marie Walton-Mahon within the Progressing Ballet Technique program.