Author: 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),

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 (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

Model Work

Contact

email: k.hilli@operaballet.nl

Instagram: @kirahilliofficial

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