Alexandra Grigore

Alexandra Grigore joined The Norwegian National Ballet 2 in the autumn of 2026, following her engagement as a guest soloist with the ballet company of the Romanian National Opera in Iași from September 2025.

With the Romanian National Opera, Grigore has performed soloist roles including Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella and the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, Phrygia in Spartacus, Clara and the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Myrtha in Giselle, the Pas de Trois in Swan Lake, Cupid in Don Quixote, and the Doll Fairy in The Fairy Doll. She has also performed a range of demi-soloist and ensemble roles in these and other productions.

In January 2026, Grigore was invited to appear as a guest soloist with Moravian Theatre Olomouc in the Czech Republic, where she performed the role of Odette/Odile in Paul Chalmer's Swan Lake.

Grigore (b. 2009) is from Iași, Romania, and began studying classical ballet at the age of five. At the age of twelve, she was invited to collaborate with the Romanian National Opera in Iași, where she performed both soloist and ensemble roles. Since 2020, she has been a student in the Choreography Department at the Octav Băncilă National College of Art in Iași.

In 2025, she was awarded Second Prize in the Junior Division at the Budapest Ballet Grand Prix. The same year, she received Second Prize in the Junior Classical category and First Prize in Contemporary Pas de Deux at the Barcelona Semi-Final of the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP). In 2024, she received Second Prize for Junior Classical Solo and Third Prize for Classical Pas de Deux at the YAGP Paris Semi-Final.