Yleinen – Kira Hilli

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),

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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