At the age of 10, Liliana Roberta Durlai joined the vocational ballet school,Octavian Stroiain Cluj-Napoca, Romania, to begin the vigorous Vaganova Russian training. She followed vocational training until the age of 18 and finished as the top student in her class. During her studies, Liliana has participated and won many National and International Ballet Competitions. She was chosen at the age of 17 to join the Logrea Dance Academy, School of Westchester Ballet Company, in the USA to dance the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker Ballet. She won 1st prize in the a number of National Competitions with ballet variations such asCoppelia,La Fillemal Gardee,Don Quixote Act III Kitri Variation, and Pas de Deux such as Flame of Paris, Le CorsaireandLa Sylphide. She has participated in the prestigious Varna Ballet Competition and received an Honour Diploma from the Cluj-Napoca mayor. During her career, she has danced main roles in Swan Lake, Giselle, Coppelia and Sleeping Beauty, as well main roles in contemporary productions.

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Liliana has performed extensively in ballet productions and dance festivals in Italy, Germany, France, Slovenia, Romania, United Kingdom, America and Mongolia.Liliana has been a soloist dancer with the Timisoara National Theatre, Romania, the Croatia National Theatre.She also danced with the English National Ballet and was Principal Dancer with the Vienna Festival Ballet in the UK.While still dancing, she gained a Professional Dancer's Teaching Diploma from the Royal Academy of Dance in the UK and furthered her studies by completing her Master's Degree in Culture, Policy & Management in London.Liliana has been featured in Dance Europe Magazine, BBC News and even in a Ballet bookThe Illustrated Book of Ballet Storiespublished in 2005.

 

Liliana has taught in well-known vocational schools in Romania, the UK and Singapore and her students have joined prestigious dance schools such as Elmhurst Ballet School, Central Ballet, the Northern School of Contemporary Dance and Tring School of Dance, in the UK, McDonald College, Australia as well as the Royal Ballet and Central Ballet School Summer Intensives.She has now made Singapore her home and is happy to share her knowledge and experience with students who are keen to learn and embrace dance as a way of life.