September 2021 – Kira Hilli

Born in 1999 Helsinki, Finland
Professional Ballet Dancer at The Dutch National Ballet, Amsterdam
Professional Dance Teacher
Model
Languages: Finnish, English, Dutch, German (Goethe Institute Certificate B1), Russian (Pushkin Institute Certificate B2),

*Don Quixote: Mercedes* (Dutch National Ballet 2024). Photo Sasha Goulaev.

Dance education

Professional Dancer’s Graduate Teaching Diploma, Royal Academy of Dance, 2025
Certified Progressing Ballet Technique Instructor, 2023
Ballet Academy of University of Performing Arts Munich, Bachelor of Arts Degree, 2015 – 2018
Helsinki Dance Institute, 2003 – 2015
Masterclasses and Intensives: Grand Audition Barcelona (2018), La Scala Ballet Academy Milan (2015), D&D Summer Intensive Brussels (2015), Boston Ballet School (2014), Tanzolymp Berlin (2013), Dance Open St Petersburg (2013), Vaganova Ballet Academy (2011, 2012)

© Sascha Gouliaev — William Forsythe: The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude

Jewels, soloist in Rubies (Dutch National Ballet 2025). Photo Altin Kaftira.

Awards

The Nordic–Baltic Ballet Competition, Falun, Sweden, 2015: 1st prize, Sirkka-Liisa Forslund Memorial Prize and a scholarship
The Nordic Ballet Competition, Falun, Sweden, 2014: 2nd prize and a scholarship
The Finnish National Ballet Competition 2014: 1st prize, the audience award and the best choreography of the competition.

Giselle: Myrtha, Dutch National Ballet 2023. Photo: Sasha Gouliaev

Empire Noir with Tristan Simpson. Photo Altin Kaftira.

Paquita. Choreography Marius Petipa and Rachel Beaujean. Photo Altin Kaftira.

Carmen: Mercedes and Dancairo (Sho Yamada). Choreography Ted Brandsen. Photo Altin Kaftira.

Wings of Wax with Semyon Velichko. Choreography Jiří Kylián. Photo Altin Kaftira.

Repertoire (see full list of repertoire here)

Solitude (DNB, 2026). Chor. A. Ratmansky, music G. Mahler
Empire Noir (DNB, 2026). Chor. D. Dawson, music G. Haines
Black Cake (DNB, 2026). Chor. H. van Manen, music P. Tchaikovsky, I. Stravinsky et al.
La Bayadere: Second Leading Shade (DNB, 2026). Chor. R. Beaujean, music L. Minkus
Carmen: Mercedes (DNB, 2026). Chor. T. Brandsen, music G. Bizet, arr. R. Sjtsjedrin
Paquita: pas de trois (DNB, 2026). Chor. M. Petipa, R. Beaujean, music L. Minkus, arr. J. Lanchbery
Five Tangos (DNB, 2025–2026). Chor. H. van Manen, music A. Piazzolla.
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (DNB 2020-2026), chor. T. Van Schayk, W. Eagling, music P. Tchaikovsky
Trio Kagel (DNB 2025), chor. A. Ratmansky, music M. Kagel
Romeo and Juliet (DNB 2025), chor. R. Van Danzig, music S. Prokofjev
Jewels: Rubies, Diamonds (DNB 2025), chor. G. Balanchine, music I. Stravinsky, P. Tchaikovsky
Don Quixote: Mercedes (DNB 2024), chor. A. Ratmansky, music L. Minkus.
Blake Works I, (DNB 2023/2024), chor. W. Forsythe, music J. Blake
Wings of Wax (DNB 2024), chor. J. Kylián, music Philip Glass et al
Frida (DNB 2024), chor. A. Lopez Ochoa, music Peter Salem
Giselle: Myrtha (DNB 2023). Chor. R. Beaujean and R. Bustamante after J. Perrot, music A. Adam
The Four Temperaments (DNB 2023). Chor. G. Balanchine, music P. Hindemith
The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude (DNB 2023), chor. W. Forsythe, music F. Schubert
Swan Lake: Big Swans (DNB 2023, 2019), chor. R. Van Danzig, music P. Tchaikovsky
The Sleeping Beauty: Carabosse, Fairy of Temperament, Pas De Quatre (DNB 2022). Chor. Sir P. Wright after M. Petipa, music P. Tchaikovsky