Kateryna Chebykina
Born in Kiev in 1993.
Graduated from the Kiev School of Dance in 2011 (class of Marina Dobryakova). As a student, she was awarded grants from the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine and the President of Ukraine (2009-2011). From 2011-2013 she was a soloist with the National Shevchenko Opera of Ukraine where she performed roles in the ballets La Bayadère (Gamzatti; choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Natalia Makarova), Swan Lake (Odette-Odile; Valery Kovtun’s version), Swan Lake (Odette-Odile; Anatoly Sheker’s version), The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora), Don Quixote (Queen of the Dryads), The Nutcracker (Clara; choreography by Valery Kovtun) and Class Concert (Soloist; choreography by Asaf Messerer). Repertoire also includes: Grand Pas Classique (choreography by Viktor Gzovsky), the Pas de deux of Medora and the Slave from Act II of the ballet Le Corsaire, the Pas de deux from Act III of the ballet Don Quixote, Ages of Love and Mazurka(choreography by Radu Poklitaru).
• Diploma-recipient at the International Ballet Dancers and Choreographers’ Competition (Moscow, 2013, 2017)
• Prize-winner at VII International Serge Lifar Competition (Gold Medal; Donetsk, 2011)
• Prize-winner at the III International Yuri Grigorovich Competition World Youth Ballet (Bronze Medal; Sochi, 2010)
• Diploma-recipient and recipient of the special prize For Artistic Growth at the III International Ballet Competition (Seoul, 2010)
Was a Lead soloist of Mariinsky theatre since 2015