Alina Nanu

Alina Nanu is a professional ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer with the National Theatre in Prague and became the youngest principal dancer in the history of the theatre.

Biography

Alina Nanu was born in Chișinău, Moldovan SSR in a family with Moldovan and Russian roots by father and having Ossetian roots on her maternal side. At the age of nine years, she started to attend Choreographic School of Chisinau. At the age of nineteen, Nanu moved to Prague, Czech Republic to continue studies in Prague Conservatory. Nanu started her career at State Opera Prague and joined the ballet of National Theatre in 2012.