Kira Hilli Curriculum Vitae

Biography

Don Quixote: Mercedes (Dutch National Ballet 2024). Photo Sasha Goulaev.
Jewels, soloist in Rubies (Dutch National Ballet 2025). Photo Altin Kaftira.

Dance education

© Sascha Gouliaev
William Forsythe: The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude

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
Wings of Wax with Semyon Velichko. Choreography Jiří Kylián. Photo Altin Kaftira.
The Sleeping Beauty, Dutch National Ballet 2022. Photo Altin Kaftira.
The Nutcracker and The Mouse King (Dutch National Ballet 2024)

Repertoire

  • Trio Kagel (Dutch National Ballet 2025), chor. A. Ratmansky, mus. M. Kagel
  • The Chairman Dances (Dutch National Ballet 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. Hans van Manen, music R. Schumann.
  • Blake Works I, (Dutch National Ballet 2023/2024), chor. William Forsythe, mus. James 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. Jiří Kylián, music Philip Glass et al
  • Anima Animus (Dutch National Ballet 2024), chor. David Dawson, music Ezio Bosso
  • Concertante (Dutch National Ballet 2024), chor. Hans van Manen, music Frank Martin
  • Frida (Dutch National Ballet 2024), chor. Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, music Peter Salem
  • Giselle: Myrtha (Dutch National Ballet 2023). Chor. Rachel Beaujean and Ricardo Bustamante after Jules Perrot, mus. Adolphe Adam
  • The Four Temperaments (Dutch National Ballet 2023). Chor. George Balanchine, mus. Paul Hindemith
  • The Chairman Dances (Dutch National Ballet 2023). Chor. Ted Brandsen, mus. John Adams
  • Frank Bridge Variations (Dutch National Ballet 2023). Chor Hans van Manen, mus. Benjamin Britten.
  • The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude (Dutch National Ballet 2023), chor. William Forsythe, mus. Franz Schubert
  • Swan Lake: Big Swans, soloist in Cžardas (Dutch National Ballet 2023, 2019), chor. Rudi Van Danzig, mus. Pjotr Tchaikovsky
  • Messa Da Requiem (Dutch National Ballet 2023). Chor. Christian Spuck, mus. Giuseppe Verdi
  • The Sleeping Beauty: Carabosse, Fairy of Temperament, Pas De Quatre (Dutch National Ballet 2022). Chor. Sir Peter Wright after Marius Petipa, mus. Pjotr Tchaikovsky
  • Yugen (Dutch National Ballet 2022). Chor. Wayne Mc Gregor, mus. Leonard Bernstein
  • Green Table (Dutch National Ballet 2022). Chor. Kurt Jooss, mus. F.A. Cohen
  • Grosse Fuge (Dutch National Ballet 2022). Chor. Hans van Manen, mus. Ludvig van Beethoven
  • Raymonda (Dutch National Ballet 2022). Chor. Rachel Beaujean, mus. Aleksandr Glazoenov
  • The Nutcracker and the Mouse King/Soloist in Chinese Dance (Dutch National Ballet 2020-2021), chor. Toer Van Schayk, Wayne Eagling, music Pjotr Tchaikovsky
  • Mata Hari (Dutch National Ballet 2021), chor. Ted Brandsen, mus. Tarik O’Regan
  • Seventh Symphony (Dutch National Ballet 2021), chor. Toer Van Schayk, mus. Ludvig Van Beethoven
  • Prometheus (Dutch National Ballet 2021), chor. Wubkje Kuindersma, Remi Wörtmeyer and Ernst Meisner, mus. Ludvig Van Beethoven
  • I Feel It Too (dance movie, Dutch National Ballet 2021), chor. Sedrik Verwoert, mus. Tim Wes
  • Paquita/Demi Soloist (Dutch National Ballet 2021), chor. Rachel Beaujean, mus. Ludvig Minkus
  • Romeo and Juliet (Dutch National Ballet 2019), choreographer Rudy Van Dantzig, mus. Sergei Prokojeff
  • Best of Balanchine III (Dutch National Ballet 2019): Ballet Imperial, chor George Balanchine, mus. Pjotr Tchaikovsky; Symphony in Three Movements, chor. George Balanchine, mus. Igor Stravinsky; Who Cares, chor. George Balanchine, mus. George Gershwin
Grosse Fuge with Jakob Feyferlik, chor. Hans van Manen, Dutch National Ballet 2022
The Sleeping Beauty, Dutch National Ballet 2022
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, Dutch National Ballet 2020. Photo: Hans Gerritsen

Model Work

Currant Magazine, shot by Igrien Liu

Contact

email: k.hilli@operaballet.nl

Instagram: @kirahilliofficial

Youtube: Attitude with attitude

Videos

Swan Lake (Rudi van Dantzig): Big Swans (excerptions)
Sleeping Beauty, Pas de Quatre, Dutch National Ballet 2022
The Nutcracker and the Mouseking, Dutch National Ballet 2021

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

Financial Times: Dutch National Ballet goes for broke with exhilarating Forsythe triple bill — review

NRC: Humor, schoonheid en vernieuwing: balletvernieuwer William Forsythe biedt het allemaal

Vogue Italy: Danza: il tutù oversize per un balletto a distanza di sicurezza

Artstalkmagazine.nl – Unboxing ballet: ”Kira Hilli’s performance was especially noteworthy for its power, grace and faultless timing”

Noordhollands Dagblad: Junior Company sprankelt en bruist

YLE Areena: Kira Hilli tanssii kohti huippua

Helsingin Sanomat: Nuoria tanssijoita palkittiin Valtakunnallisessa balettikilpailussa

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