Raisa Khylko | |
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Раїса Хилько | |
 As Nikiya in La Bayadère. | |
| Born | 21 September 1950 Dnipro, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Education | Kyiv State Choreographic College, GITIS |
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| Awards | People's Artist of Ukraine [1] |
Raisa Oleksiyivna Khylko [a] (born on September 21, 1950) is a Ukrainian and Soviet ballet dancer, prima ballerina, later ballet master of the National Opera of Ukraine. [2] People's Artist of Ukraine (1978). [3]
Raisa Khylko [4] was born on September 21, 1950 [5] in the city of Dnipro, Ukraine. Her father, Oleksiy (1903–1973), worked as the senior blast-furnace keeper [6] at the Dniprovsky Metallurgical Plant. Her mother, Lidia (1913–1993), worked at the same plant in a blast-furnace shop.
Raisa Khylko began to dance as a child in the local Pioneers Palace, where her teachers saw her talent for dance and advised her parents that they gave their daughter a professional ballet education. [7]
In 1968, Raisa Khylko graduated from the Kyiv State Choreographic College, [8] where her pedagogue was Natalia Verekundova, [9] a pupil of Agrippina Vaganova. In 1984, she also graduated from GITIS with the diploma of a ballet master. From 1968 to 1994, Raisa was active as a soloist and prima ballerina [10] of the National Opera of Ukraine. [11]
While still a final-year student [12] at the college, she made her stage debut as a soloist by dancing one of three Big Swans in the “Swan Lake” ballet.
In 1969, she performed her first ballerina's role in the “Chopiniana” ballet. [13]
From 1995 to 2000 — a soloist and ballet master [14] [15] at KMATOB (Kyiv Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre for Children and Youth).
From 2000 to 2002, Raisa Khylko taught [16] the history of ballet and the methodology of teaching ballet [17] at the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University.
Since 2002, she has worked as a ballet master [18] and ballet pedagogue [19] at the National Opera of Ukraine. Among her pupils are Elizaveta Cheprasova, Anna Muromtseva, [20] Julia Moskalenko, [21] Alisa Voronova, Anastasia Shevchenko, [22] Veronika Gordina, and Natalia Lazebnikova. [23]
For 26 years of her career as a ballet dancer, R. Khylko’s partners were V. Nekrasov, [43] S. Lukin, V. Kovtun, V. Fedotov, [44] M. Pryadchenko, [45] V. Fedorchenko, V. Vidineyev, [46] A. Ratmansky, and others.
She participated in the performances staged by such renowned choreographers as А. Shekera, [47] O. Vinogradov, [48] V. Litvinov, G. Kovtun, [49] H. Mayorov, R. Klyavin, М.-E. Murdmaa [50]
As a guest performer and member of the ballet company of the National Opera of Ukraine, Raisa Khylko toured [51] Japan, [52] Italy, Spain, France, [53] Germany, Portugal, Hungary, Bulgaria, Egypt, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Nicaragua. [54]
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