Rayisa Khylko | |
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| Born | Rayisa Oleksiyivna Khylko Раїса Олексіївна Хилько 21 September 1950 Dnipro, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Education | Kyiv State Choreographic College, GITIS |
| Occupation(s) | ballet dancer, ballet master, academic teacher |
| Organizations | |
| Awards | People's Artist of Ukraine..[1] |
Rayisa Oleksiyivna Khylko (Ukrainian: Раїса Олексіївна Хилько; born on September 21, 1950, in Dnipro, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian and Soviet ballet dancer, prima ballerina, later ballet master of the National Opera of Ukraine.[2] People's Artist of Ukraine (1978).[3]
Rayisa Khylko[4] was born on September 21, 1950[5] in the city of Dnipro, Ukraine. Her father, Oleksiy (1903–1973), worked as the senior blast-furnace keeper[6] at the Dniprovsky Metallurgical Plant. Her mother, Lidia (1913–1993), worked at the same plant in a blast-furnace shop.
Rayisa Khylko began to dance as a child in the local Pioneers Palace, where her teachers saw her talent for dance and advised her parents that they gave their daughter a professional ballet education.[7]
In 1968, Rayisa Khylko graduated from the Kyiv State Choreographic College,[8] where her pedagogue was Natalia Verekundova[9], a pupil of Agrippina Vaganova. In 1984, she also graduated from GITIS with the diploma of a ballet master. From 1968 to 1994, Rayisa was active as a soloist and prima ballerina[10] of the National Opera of Ukraine.[11]
While still a final-year student[12] at the college, she made her stage debut as a soloist by dancing one of three Big Swans in the “Swan Lake” ballet.
In 1969, she performed her first ballerina's role in the “Chopiniana” ballet.[13]
From 1995 to 2000 — a soloist and ballet master[14][15] at KMATOB (Kyiv Municipal Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre for Children and Youth).
From 2000 to 2002, Rayisa Khylko taught[16] the history of ballet and the methodology of teaching ballet[17] at the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University.
Since 2002, she has worked as a ballet master[18] and ballet pedagogue[19] at the National Opera of Ukraine. Among her pupils are Elizaveta Cheprasova, Anna Muromtseva[20], Julia Moskalenko[21], Alisa Voronova, Anastasia Shevchenko[22], Veronika Gordina, and Natalia Lazebnikova[23].
For 26 years of her career as a ballet dancer, R. Khylko’s partners were V. Nekrasov[43], S. Lukin, V. Kovtun, V. Fedotov[44], M. Pryadchenko[45], V. Fedorchenko, V. Vidineyev[46], A. Ratmansky, and others.
She participated in the performances staged by such renowned choreographers as А. Shekera[47], O. Vinogradov[48], V. Litvinov, G. Kovtun[49], H. Mayorov, R. Klyavin, М.-E. Murdmaa[50]
As a guest performer and member of the ballet company of the National Opera of Ukraine, Rayisa Khylko toured[51] Japan[52], Italy, Spain, France[53], Germany, Portugal, Hungary, Bulgaria, Egypt, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Nicaragua[54]