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Prima-ballerina at the National Academic Theater Opera and Ballet of Ukraine named after Shevchenko People’s Artist of Ukraine (2018)

She was awarded the Order of Princess Olga of the 3rd degree (2016).

 

BIOGRAPHY

Kateryna Kukhar is the prima-ballerina of Taras Shevchenko National Opera House. She was born in Kyiv. From 1992 to 1999 she studied and graduated with honors from Kiev State Choreographic School (class of Tatiana Tayakina, People's Artist of the USSR CCCP). In the same year she was awarded the "Honorary Diploma the Academy of Arts". In 1997 she received a special Prix de 'Lausanne Prize' for an internship in Switzerland. While still a student of the first year she brilliantly debuted in Masha's party in ballet "Nutcracker" on world famous stage Bunka Kaikan in Japan.

In the creative path of ukrainian ballerina took part tutor teacher, people's artists of Ukraine and USSR Valery Kovtun, Lyudmila Smorgacheva, Nikolai Pryadchenko, Eleonora Stebleak, Raisa Khilko, Elvira Tarasova, Abdyev Rejepmyrat.

After having graduated from the college with an excellent degree in 1999, Kateryna was invited to the dance troupe of Taras Shevchenko Ukrainian National Opera House in Kyiv, she performs the leading roles of almost the entire repertoire:

- Clara in the ballet «The Nutcracker»

- Princess Aurora in the ballet «The Sleeping Beauty»

- Carmen in the ballet «Carmen-suite»

- Raymonda in the ballet “Raymonda “

- Marina in the ballet «Zorba The Greek»

- Kitri in the ballet «Don Quixote»

- Giselle in the ballet «Giselle»

- Sylphide in the ballet «La Sylphide»

- Medora in the ballet «Le Corsaire»

- Margarita the ballet «Master and Margarita»

- Juliet in the ballet «Romeo and Juliet»

- Zobeide in the ballet «Sheherazade»

- Phrygia in the ballet «Spartacus»

- Mavka in the ballet «The Forest Song»

 

Also with the corpses of theaters:

- Odetta Odiliya in the ballet «Swan Lake»

-  Esmeralda  in the ballet «Esmeralda»

- Diana in the ballet «Diana and Acteon»

- Amelia «Children of night»

and other.

Ukrainian ballerina Kateryna Kukhar dances with such ballet dancer as: Aleksandr Stoyanov (National Opera of Ukraine), Claudio Coviello (La Scala), Adamzhan Baktiyar (Astana Opera), Eris Nezha (La Scala / Boston Ballet / Los Angeles Ballet), Leonid Sarafanov (Mariinsky / Mikhailovsky Ballet), Joseph Gatti (Boston Ballet), Quer Jérémy-Loup (Opera national de Paris), Young Gyu Choi (Dutch National Ballet) and other.

 

WORK WITH INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS, FESTIVALS AND GALA-CONCERTS

Member of the jury of the Parisian ballet conservative consortium (she repeatedly took the VIP state ispit, Zokrem, from the students of the prima ballerina Isabeli Sir Voli. Organizer and artist of the International Festival «Ballet open space» at the 2019 year. Honorary member of jury from international competition «Tanzolymp» 2015-2019. Honorary member jury of the international contest «Seoul International Dance Competition» 2015 and 2016. Jury head of All-Ukrainian Dance Assembly named after Natalia Skorulskaya 2016 Invited artist of final gala concerts at international competitions. International teacher, master classes at international competitions.