A ballet company is a type of dance troupe which performs classical ballet, neoclassical ballet, and/or contemporary ballet in the European tradition, plus managerial and support staff. Most major ballet companies employ dancers on a year-round basis, except in the United States, where contracts for part of the year are the norm. A company generally has a home theatre where it stages the majority of its performances, but many companies also tour in their home country or internationally.
The October Palace is a performing arts center in Kiev, Ukraine. It is officially known as the International Center of Culture and Arts of the Trade Union Federation of Ukraine, while October Palace is used for its brevity.
Kiev City Council, also known as Kyivrada, is the city council of Kiev municipality, the highest representative body of the city community. The members of city council are directly elected by Kievans and the council is chaired by the Mayor of Kiev or the City Council Secretary. The deputies are elected for five-year terms.
Pavlo Pavlovych Virsky (1905–1975), PAU, was a dancer, balletmaster, choreographer, and founder of the P. Virsky Ukrainian National Folk Dance Ensemble, whose work in Ukrainian dance was groundbreaking and influenced generations of dancers.
Vyshhorod is a city in Kiev Oblast (region) in central Ukraine, the immediate northern suburb to the national capital Kiev, located upstream along the Dnieper River. It serves as the administrative center of Vyshhorod Raion. Its population is approximately 28,224 (2017 est.).
Kiev National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University is the national university specializing exclusively in performing arts and located in Kiev (Ukraine). It is a multidisciplinary institution that includes a department of theatrical arts and the Institute of Screen Arts. The university has four campuses around the city of Kiev and a separate student dormitory. The rector of university is Oleksiy Bezghin.
The Solomiya Krushelnytska Lviv State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet or Lviv Opera is an opera house located in Lviv, Ukraine's largest western city and one of its historic cultural centers. Originally built on former marshland of the submerged Poltva River, the Lviv Opera now sits at the end of Freedom Avenue, the tree-lined centerpiece of Lviv's historic Old City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the city's Halych district.
Dmytro Hnatyuk was a Ukrainian baritone opera singer and a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament.
The Sports Ground in Kiev, Ukraine was the first permanent sports stadium in the Russian Empire. It was opened on 12 August 1912, and used during the First All-Russian (Imperial) Olympiad in 1913. It was located in the old historic area of Lukianivka of Kiev.
FC Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva was a Ukrainian professional team from Bila Tserkva in Kiev Oblast. Previous name was FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva until June 2013.
Sergei Vladimirovich Polunin is a Ukrainian-born ballet dancer, actor and model. He has Ukrainian, Russian, and Serbian citizenships.
Igor Dobrovolskiy is a Ukrainian-born dance choreographer based in New Brunswick, Canada.
Anatoliy Solovianenko was a Soviet operatic tenor, People's Artist of the USSR (1975), People's Artist of Ukraine, and State Taras Shevchenko prize-winner.
Kiev National Ballet performs works of classical ballet and tours internationally. It currently has 24 ballets in its repertory, one of the largest in the world, and has had many notable dancers among its members.
Vadim Pisarev is a famous Ukrainian dancer, People's Artist of Ukraine, Art Director of Donetsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Solovyanenko, founder and director of international festival World Ballet Stars.
Lviv State Choreographic School was established in August 1957 according to the initiative and assistance of regional department of culture and Ivan Franko Lviv National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet. This school with the length of studies of four years is the first and unique in all Western part of Ukraine.
Mikhail Grigorievich Shuisky, was a Russian opera and concert singer. He sang leading baritone roles in Austria, Germany and Russia during his 40-year career. After his retirement from the stage, he taught singing.
Radu Poklitaru was born in Chișinău, Moldova. He is the current director (2006–present) and artistic manager for the Kyiv Modern Ballet. From 2012-2014, he was one of the judges for Everybody Dance!. In 2014, Poklitaru was the choreographer for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Sochi.
Olga Rapay-Markish was one of the most well-known Ukrainian ceramicists of her era. She is especially noted for her large decorative works on buildings throughout Kiev. Previous to her architectural decoration, she worked as a ceramicist at the Kiev Experimental Ceramic Art Factory, where she was known for her delicate figurines as well as her paintings on china and dishware.
Mykhailo Iakovych Urytskyi is a Ukrainian puppet theater director, director of the Kiev Municipal Academic Puppet Theater, and a teacher at The Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University.
