Born May 31, 1964, Cherkasy, Ukraine

Citizen of Ukraine Currently lives in Kiev

PROFILE

Professional ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer. People’s Artist of Ukraine (1997)

EDUCATION

1974-1982 Kiev State Professional Choreographic College

1989-1994 N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory, class of G.T.Komleva, diploma of choreographer-tutor

EXPERIENCE

2007 – present time

Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ukraine, teacher-repetiteur I.K.Karpenko-Kary Kiev National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television, Chair of Choreography and Plasticity, Senior Teacher

1984-2007

Principal (Premier) soloist of National Opera and Ballet Theater of Ukraine, Kiev.

1982-1984

Ballet soloist of Lviv Opera and Ballet Theatre, Lviv, Ukraine.

OTHER SKILLS and EXPERIENCES

Laureate of International Competition of Ballet Dancers in Varna, Bulgaria, and Paris, 1986. Laureate of Serge Lifar International Competition of Ballet Dancers and Choreographers, 1999 and 2001, in nomination “Choreographer-Ballet Master”

Worked as a guest teacher and choreographer at the Caracalla Theater in Beirut (Lebanon), as permanent guest teacher in National Opera and Ballet Theatre in Belgrad and in Novi Sad (Serbia). Master classes on summer courses at “Brussels International Ballet”.

Major productions (as choreographer)

– Ballet “Coppelia”, music by L.Delibes, at S.Lifar Dance Academy, Kiev, 2007

– Ballet “Coco Chanel, the 1920-th year”, music by I.Stravinsky, Odessa National Opera Theatre

– Ballet “White and Black” on music of The Piano Concerto No.1 by F.Chopin, Odessa National Opera Theatre

– Ballet “Nutcracker” on music by P.Chaikowski, Odessa National Opera Theatre, 2023

– Ballet “La Fille mal gardée”, music by Garold, Gertel, Adan, Lviv Opera and Ballet Theatre

– More than 50 choreographic miniatures

Permanent member of the jury of the international competitions “Kiev-Grand-Prix” and MYSL-POTOK, Kiev.

LANGUAGES

Russian, Ukrainian – Native languages

English, French – colloquial level, sufficient for teaching and choreographic productions.