Category: Yleinen

2014 Baltic-Nordic Ballet Competition (Falun)

Biography

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

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

• 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

Model Work

Contact

email: k.hilli@operaballet.nl

Instagram: @kirahilliofficial

Youtube: Attitude with attitude

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

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