Nataliia Yakushkina

Education and training:  
Kiev State Ballet School (1993-2001)
Kiev National University of Theater, Film and Television named after I.K. Karpenko Karogo (2003-2009) – choerographer, classical ballet teacher

Master classes with:
Béla Földi, Alexandra Shaghy (Budapest)
Lydmila Soboleva, Vladimir Denisenko, Dmitrriy Kliavin, Tetiana Tayakina, Maxim Chepik, Valentina Kalinovskaya, Eleonora Stebliak, Elena Filipieva, Viktor Litvinov, Irina Brodskaya, Raisa Hilko

Professional work:

Hungarian State Opera and Hungarian National Ballet Institute ballet master since 2022

National Opera of Ukraine named after T.G. Shevchenko (2001 – 2022)

Further professional experience:
Open Dance Festival, St. Petersburg, participant (2013)
Kiev Fouette ballet studio, ballet master (2020-2022)
Budapest Dance Theater, ballet master (2022)
Ukranian Association „Yednist”, ballet master (2022)

Main roles:
Shekero/Ravel: Bolero – Girl in White
Shekero/Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet – Lady Capulet
Mayorov/Khachaturian: Cipollino – Cipollino’s Mother
Fokine/Yaremenko/Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade – Odalisque
Bournonville/Sergeev/Løvenskiold:  La Sylphide – Pas de Trois
Gorsky/Litvinov/Minkus: Don Quixote – Three Spanish Girls
Petipa/Kovtun/Minkus: La Bayadere 
Petipa/Ivanov/Kovtun/Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – Spanish Dance, Mazurka
Petipa/Ivanov/Shekero/Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – Hungarian Dance
Lifar/Lalo: Suite in White
Petipa/Ivanov/Kovtun/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Oriental Dance
Ivanenko/Ivanenko,Baklan: Dante – Dante’s Teacher
Rekhviashvili/Strauss: Viennese Waltz – Tyrolean Dance, Waltz Solo Couple
Petipa/Makarova/Minkus: La Bayadère 
Rekhviashvili/Grieg/Massenet: The Snow Queen
Rekhviashvili/de Falla: El Sombrero De Tres Picos 
Stankovich/Litvinov: Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka
Mayorov/Pavlovsky: Snow White And The 7 Dwarfs
Massine/Theodorakis: Zorba, the Greek
Rekhviashvili/Beethoven/Brahms/Pachelbel/Fauré/Elgar: The Lady of the Camellias
Sergeev/Adam/Petipa: Giselle
Yaremenko/Adam/Petipa/Gusev: Le Corsaire 
Kovtun/Dankevich: Lileya
Skorulsky/Vronsky/Litvinov: The Forest Song
Dolgushin/Minkus: Paquita
Fokine/Chopin: Chopiniana
Shekero/Khachaturian: Spartacus 
Petipa/Litvinov/Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty 
Rekhviashvili/de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain