Raisa Khylko
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| Born | Rayisa Oleksiyivna Khylko Раїса Олексіївна Хилько 21 September 1950 Dnipro, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Education | Kiev State Choreographic College, GITIS |
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Rayisa Oleksiyivna Khylko born on September 21, 1950, in Dnipro,Ukraine is a Ukrainian and Soviet ballet dancer, prima ballerina, later ballet master of the National Opera of Ukraine. People's Artist of Ukraine (1978).
Life and career
yRayisa Khylko was born on September 21, 1950 in the city of Dnipro, Ukraine. Her father, Oleksiy (1903–1973), worked as the senior blast-furnace keeper at the Dniprovsky Metallurgical Plant. Her mother, Lidia (1913–1993), worked at the same plant in a blast-furnace shop.
Rayisa began to dance as a child in the Pioneers Palace, where her teachers saw her extraordinary abilities and advised her parents that they give their daughter a professional ballet education.
In 1968, Rayisa Khylko graduated from the Kyiv State Choreographic College, where her pedagogue was Natalia Verekundova, a pupil of Agrippina Vaganova. In 1984, she also graduated from GITIS with the diploma of a ballet master. From 1968 to 1994, Rayisa was active as a soloist and prima ballerina of the National Opera of Ukraine.
In 1969, she debuted on the stage of this theater as the leading female character in the “Chopiniana” ballet.
From 1995 to 2000 — a soloist and ballet master at KMATOB (Kyiv Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre for Children and Youth).
From 2000 to 2002, Rayisa taught the history of ballet and the methodology of teaching ballet at the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University.
Since 2002, she has worked as a ballet master and ballet pedagogue at the National Opera of Ukraine. Among her pupils are Elizaveta Cheprasova, Anna Muromtseva, Julia Moskalenko, Alisa Voronova, Anastasia Shevchenko, Veronika Gordina, and Natalia Lazebnikova.
Awards
1973 — Merited Artist of Ukraine
1978 — Varna International Ballet Competition— golden medal
1978 — People‘s Artist of Ukraine
Repertoire
Swan (music by C. Saint-Saëns)
La Bayadère — Nikiya
Don Quixote — Kitri
Swan Lake — Odette-Odile
Raymonda — Raymonda
Spartak (choreographed by A. Shekera) — Aegina
The Nutcracker — Clara (Masha)
Carmen Suite — Carmen
The Sleeping Beauty — Aurore
Giselle — Giselle
La Sylphide — Sylphide
Lisova Pisnya (music by M. Skorulskyi) — Mavka
Olga (music by Е.Stankovych) — Olga
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai — Maria
The Legend of Love — Mekhmené Banou, Chirine
Death and the Maiden — Maiden
Daphnis et Chloé — Chloé
Cipollino — Magnolia
For 26 years of her career as a ballet dancer, R. Khylko’s partners were V. Nekrasov, S. Lukin, V. Kovtun, V. Fedotov, M. Pryadchenko, V. Fedorchenko, V. Vidineyev, A. Ratmansky, and others.
Tours
As a guest performer and member of the ballet company of the National Opera of Ukraine, Rayisa Khylko toured Japan, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Portugal, Hungary, Bulgaria, Egypt, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Nicaragua.
References
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