Mihai-Justin Popa was born in 2002 in Constanța, Romania. He completed his studies at the Queen Maria National School of Arts in Constanța and the Annarella Sanchez International Conservatory of Ballet and Dance in Leiria, Portugal. He worked at the Oleg Danovski Romanian National Opera in Constanța for two years. In 2023, he performed a pas de deux from the ballet Le Corsaire in Bucharest at the DanceRo Gala Competition. In 2024, he participated in the MasterCard Film Festival in Venice, Italy, alongside Roberto Bolle, in a choreography by Massimiliano Volpini. He has been a member of the Ballet of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb since June 2023.
Gladiator, Messala – Spartacus, Jiří Bubeníček, 2024
Young Couples – Petrushka, Edward Clug, 2024
Russian Dance, Parents, Waltz, Harlequin, Children, Arabian Dance – The Nutcracker, Vladimir Malakhov, 2024
Spanish Dance, Hungarian Dance, Waltz, Polonaise – Swan Lake, Vladimir Malakhov, 2024.
Fortinbras, Court People, Spirits – Hamlet, Leo Mujić, 2023, 2024