Anna Chirescu trained in classical dance at the Conservatory of Paris before joining the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP) in contemporary dance.
In 2005, she obtained her certificate, receiving high honors for her performance in the duet L’Eau Vive, choreographed by Christine Bastin. In the CNSMDP’s Junior Ballet, she toured in works by Paco Decina, Karin Waehner, Pedro Pauwels, and Hervé Robbe. A one-year stay at UC Irvine allowed her to participate in Yvonne Rainer’s workshops.
She subsequently worked with various contemporary choreographers, notably Jean-Claude Gallotta in Hamlet (Un Songe), at the Odéon Theater in Paris, and companies: Le Guetteur Luc Petton, Marie-Laure Agrapart, Le Nouveau Jour, Les Cavatines, Paul les Oiseaux, Dance Theater Luxembourg, and more recently Bill Young Dance company in New York, Liam Warren, Ashley Chen, Daniel Larrieu, Dominique Jegou. She was a member of the CNDC Angers company directed by Robert Swinston from 2013 until 2020 with whom she danced in various repertory pieces by Merce Cunningham in France and abroad and participated to the centennial celebrations of 2019.
Anna started a collaboration with the visual artist Grégoire Schaller. Together they signed site specific performances for Museums and created their first piece at the ménagerie de Verre, festival les Inaccoutumés 2018, Dirty Dancers. They also signed Ordeal by Water. In 2022 Anna created her first duet VACA for which she has been granted the Beaumarchais SACD grant.
In 2024 she was granted the ‘Revelation Chorégraphique” price by the Syndicat de la Critique.
She is currently working on her next solo “KATA”.
Anna graduated with a Master’s degree in Modern Literature at Sorbonne University and a Master in Public Affairs at Sciences Po Paris. Anna is also a dance writer for different medias and co-funder of the website CCCdanse.com
