The president and members of the jury of Attitude Ballet Festival 2025
Ileana Iliescu (President of the Jury)
Emeritus artist, prima ballerina of the Bucharest National Opera for 50 years. She danced in the international repertoire of Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, Scherezada, Giselle, The Tricorn, Stone Flower, Bayadera, Coppelia. She toured with Swan Lake at Balșoi, with Giselle at Kirov, with other productions in Italy, the Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, Spain, Switzerland, Cuba, Brazil, France. Mrs Iliescu was director of the Ballet Company of the National Opera in Bucharest and choreographer of the National Opera in Iași.
Cristina Todi
Choreographer of the Romanian National Opera in Iasi, Romania
Graduate of the theater and choreography academies in Cluj Napoca, with a master's degree in performing arts, doctor of arts, Cristina Todi represented Romanian choreography as a dancer, choreographer and director-choreographer, in Europe and Asia. She is a university lecturer at the “George Enescu” National University of Art in Iași and a professor of choreography at the "Octav Bancila" National College of Art in Iași.
Tamara Grimmer
ballerina of the National Opera in Bucharest
She was born in Zurich into a family of musicians but chose the art of dance and graduated from the Vaganova ballet academy in St. Petersburg. Ms. Grimmer has an impressive experience in the ballet world, both as a dancer and as a teacher.
Her career began at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, where she worked as a ballet dancer for four years. She then expanded her expertise at the Classical Ballet Moscow and later at the Romanian National Opera in Bucharest.
Her stage presence and dedication to dance mark her as an outstanding artist.
In addition to her work as a dancer, Ms. Grimmer has also discovered a passion for teaching ballet. For more than a decade, she has been teaching ballet, Pilates, and yoga-inspired workouts to help other dancers improve their skills and cultivate their passion for dance.
Octavian Popa
Soloist of the Romanian National Opera Cluj-Napoca.
Graduated in choreography at the "Gh. Dima" Academy of Music in Cluj, he carries out a sustained activity as a soloist at the Romanian National Opera and the Hungarian State Opera in Cluj Napoca. Although he is young, his activity is complex: as a pedagogue he taught courses in choreographic improvisation, general repertoire at the High School of Choreography and at the Faculty of Performing Arts in Cluj. He also established himself as a choreographer, staging shows such as "In Thought", "Space" (music by J. Cage), "Death and the Maiden" (music by F. Schubert), "Romeo and Juliet" (music by S. Prokofiev ), The young man and death.
Mara Boană
ballet dancer at the Romanian National Opera Iasi
where she dances in Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Carmen, Aida, Don Quixote, Carmina Burana and Giselle. She is a graduate of the National Art College "George Apostu" Bacau and the College of Choreography in Kiev; attended specialization courses at the Akademie des Tanzes in Mannheim (Germany) and Ballett Akademie der Hochschule für Musik und Theater München (Germany).
She is currently a student at the Choreography department of the U.N.A. "George Enescu", Iasi.
Quirin Brunhuber
Choreographer, dancer and musician
Born in June of 1998 in Ingolstadt, Germany, he spent most of his childhood in
Romania, where he was exposed to the diverse cultures present in his parents' home, school and society. This unique background has heavily influenced his artistic work, which is focused on exploring concepts such as identity, tradition, and the perception of individuals in space.
After finishing his professional training in Bucharest, he moved to Germany to pursue higher
education, completing both his bachelor's and master's degrees in dance and choreography at
the University of Music and Performing Arts in Mannheim, where he graduated in 2020.
After completing his studies, Quirin settled in Munich, where he is a versatile artist, working across multiple mediums.
As an independent choreographer, he collaborates with numerous cultural and educational institutions, including the Dance Academy of the University of Music and Performing Arts in Mannheim, the Royal Conservatory in The Hague, Academy of Music, Theater and Fine Arts of Moldova.