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


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)

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.




Repertoire
- Carmen: Mercedes (Dutch National Ballet, 2026). Chor. T. Brandsen, mus. G. Bizet, arr. R. Sjtsjedrin
- Paquita: pas de trois (Dutch National Ballet, 2026). Chor. M. Petipa, R. Beaujean. Mus. L. Minkus, arr. J. Lanchbery
- Five Tangos (Dutch National Ballet, 2025–2026). Chor. H. van Manen. Mus. A. Piazzolla.
- The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (Dutch National Ballet 2020-2026), chor. T. Van Schayk, W. Eagling, music P. Tchaikovsky
- Trio Kagel (Dutch National Ballet 2025), chor. A. Ratmansky, mus. M. Kagel
- The Chairman Dances (Dutch National Ballet 2023–2025), chor T. Brandsen, mus. J. Adams
- Romeo and Juliet (Dutch National Ballet 2025), chor. R. Van Danzig, mus. I. Prokofjev
- Jewels: Rubies, Diamonds (Dutch National Ballet 2025), chor. G. Balanchine, music I. Stravinsky, P. Tchaikovsky
- Don Quixote: Mercedes (Dutch National Ballet 2024), chor. A. Ratmansky, music L. Minkus.
- Four Schumann Pieces (Dutch National Ballet 2024) chor. H. van Manen, music R. Schumann
- Blake Works I, (Dutch National Ballet 2023/2024), chor. W. Forsythe, mus. J. Blake
- Firebird (Dutch National Ballet 2024), chor A. Ratmansky, music I. Stravinsky
- Fairy’s Kiss (Dutch National Ballet 2024) chor. A. Ratmansky, music I. Stravinsky
- Wings of Wax (Dutch National Ballet 2024), chor. J. Kylián, music Philip Glass et al
- Anima Animus (Dutch National Ballet 2024), chor. D. Dawson, music Ezio Bosso
- Concertante (Dutch National Ballet 2024), chor. H. van Manen, music Frank Martin
- Frida (Dutch National Ballet 2024), chor. A. Lopez Ochoa, music Peter Salem
- Giselle: Myrtha (Dutch National Ballet 2023). Chor. R. Beaujean and R. Bustamante after J. Perrot, mus. A. Adam
- The Four Temperaments (Dutch National Ballet 2023). Chor. G. Balanchine, mus. P. Hindemith
- Frank Bridge Variations (Dutch National Ballet 2023). Chor H. van Manen, mus. B. Britten.
- The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude (Dutch National Ballet 2023), chor. W. Forsythe, mus. F. Schubert
- Swan Lake: Big Swans, soloist in Cžardas (Dutch National Ballet 2023, 2019), chor. R. Van Danzig, mus. P. Tchaikovsky
- Messa Da Requiem (Dutch National Ballet 2023). Chor. C. Spuck, mus. G. Verdi
- The Sleeping Beauty: Carabosse, Fairy of Temperament, Pas De Quatre (Dutch National Ballet 2022). Chor. Sir P. Wright after M. Petipa, mus. P. Tchaikovsky
- Yugen (Dutch National Ballet 2022). Chor. W. Mc Gregor, mus. L. Bernstein
- Green Table (Dutch National Ballet 2022). Chor. K. Jooss, mus. F.A. Cohen
- Grosse Fuge (Dutch National Ballet 2022). Chor. H. van Manen, mus. L. van Beethoven
- Raymonda (Dutch National Ballet 2022). Chor. R. Beaujean, mus. A. Glazoenov
- Mata Hari (Dutch National Ballet 2021), chor. T. Brandsen, mus. T. O’Regan
- Seventh Symphony (Dutch National Ballet 2021), chor. T. Van Schayk, mus. L. Van Beethoven
- Prometheus (Dutch National Ballet 2021), chor. W. Kuindersma, R. Wörtmeyer and E. Meisner, mus. L. Van Beethoven
- I Feel It Too (dance movie, Dutch National Ballet 2021), chor. S. Verwoert, mus. T. Wes
- Best of Balanchine III (Dutch National Ballet 2019): Ballet Imperial, chor G. Balanchine, mus. P. Tchaikovsky; Symphony in Three Movements, chor. G. Balanchine, mus. I. Stravinsky; Who Cares, chor. G. Balanchine, mus. G. Gershwin





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Contact
email: k.hilli@operaballet.nl
Instagram: @kirahilliofficial
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Videos
Links and reviews
Bachtrack: Dutch National Ballet Romeo and Juliet
Seeing Dance: Dutch National Ballet’s Rome and Juliet
YLE: Suomalainen balettitanssija Kira Hilli, 24, menestyy maailmalla
Bachtrack: Short, sharp adrenaline hit: Dutch National Ballet thrill in Forsythe
NRC: Humor, schoonheid en vernieuwing: balletvernieuwer William Forsythe biedt het allemaal
Vogue Italy: Danza: il tutù oversize per un balletto a distanza di sicurezza
Noordhollands Dagblad: Junior Company sprankelt en bruist
YLE Areena: Kira Hilli tanssii kohti huippua
Helsingin Sanomat: Nuoria tanssijoita palkittiin Valtakunnallisessa balettikilpailussa











