Biography
Andreea Olteanu was born in Bucharest, Romania. She trained
at The Ballet School of Romania (formerly George Enescu), Canada’s National
Ballet School and the Quinte Ballet School. She joined the The National Ballet
of Canada’s Corps de Ballet in 1999.
Ms. Olteanu has danced in a wide
repertoire including The Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Swan Lake, Giselle, Onegin, The Taming of the Shrew, The
Nutcracker, Jewels, Etudes, Les Sylphides, Manon,
The Firebird, An Italian Straw Hat,The Seagull, Carmen, The Four Seasons, Madame Butterfly,The Four Temperaments, Theme and Variations, Symphony
in C, the second detail,
The Four Seasons, Glass
Pieces, West Side Story Suite and
Emergence.
In 2010, Ms. Olteanu danced with the company in Marie
Chouinard’s 24 Preludes by Chopin at
the Cultural Olympiad at for Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Her film work includes the CBC
Television production of Canada:
A People’s History, Episode 8 and
Bravo! TV’s The Firebird.
Quotes
24 Preludes by Chopin
“corps de ballet member Andreea Olteanu, with head thrashing and swinging arms, exudes a rock star quality”
DanceView, 2010
The Nutcracker
“Andreea Olteanu is a flirtatious sheep with her flock of lambs, pursued by Robert Stephen as a lascivious fox.”
The Toronto Star, 2008