The Teachers
LEARN FROM PROFESSIONALS
Once you have found your passion we are here to guide you in your journey to accomplish the most amazing hights of it. Our dedicated team of professionals will be next to you step by step no matter your level of experience you have: absolute beginner or advanced explorer. Just start somewhere and we will be next to you on this journey. Find the perfect teacher for you!
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Laura Cristinoiu
In 2010 she founded Attitude Ballet Bucharest. Here she had the chance to develop new classes and teaching methods for both children and adults. Every ballet class she teaches is based on the Vaganova Method, one of the world’s best teaching methods in ballet, developed in Russia.
SPECIAL GUEST TEACHER - BALLET
Liudmila Konovalova
Liudmila Konovalova Prima Ballerina Wiener Staatsballett, was born in Moscow (Russia). She graduated from Moscow Bolshoi Ballet Academy and joined the Russian State Ballet in 2002. In 2004 she was appointed Principal Dancer and danced the leading roles in „Giselle“, „Don Quixote“, „Schwanensee“, „Dornröschen“, „Der Nussknacker“, „Dance of the hours” and „Paquita“.
SPECIAL GUEST TEACHER - BALLET
Masha Tolstunova
Masha Tolstunova was born in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and received her dance training at the ballet school of the Vienna State Opera. Brigitte Stadler, Galina Skuratova and Martin Schläpfer are among her most important teachers. From 2013 to 2015 she was a member of the Vienna State Ballet, under the direction of Manuel Legris, where she appeared in works by Rudolf Nurejew, John Neumeier, Peter Wright, Maurice Béjart and Boris Eifman.
SPECIAL GUEST TEACHER - Operatic Singing
Simina Ivan
Simina Ivan sang numerous roles in Vienna, including Pamina, Rosina, Adina, Norina, Woglinde, Lisa (La Sonnambula), Eudoxie (La Juive), Konstanze, Antonia, Adele, Rosalinde, Marguerite (Faust), Ophelie (Hamlet), Gretel, Aminta (The Silent Woman), Marzelline (Fidelio), with conductors such as Horst Stein, Marcello Viotti, Adam Fischer, Simone Young, Sir Jeffrey Tate, Christian Thielemann. As a stage partner, Simina Ivan had singers such as Agnes Baltsa, Edita Gruberova, Placido Domingo, José Carreras, Thomas Hampson, Neil Shikoff, Anna Netrebko, Roberto Alagna, Bryn Terfel, Jonas Kaufmann.
ACTING TEACHER
Monica Sandulescu
Monica Sandulescu graduated Acting at the National University of Theater Arts and Film 'I.L. Caragiale' in Bucharest, Romania in 2008. Since 2008 she was involved in many independent and state theater productions, art installations and festivals. She played in projects based in Romania, France, the USA, Republika Moldavia, and Austria. Since 2012 she started working with Sensory Labyrinth Theater.
