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.