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Member of the Hungarian State Opera since: 2016

Education and training:
Kyiv State Ballet School, Kyiv (1994–2002)
Drahomanov National Pedagogical University, Kyiv (2006) – Choreographer and choreography teacher
Drahomanov National Pedagogical University, Kyiv (2009) – master’s in education, speciality in choreography

Awards:
Fouette of Artek International Ballet Competition – silver medal (1999)
Govenor’s scholarship in Dance, Kyiv (2000)
Presidential Dance Scholarship, Kyiv (2001)
Ballet Corps Member of the Season, Budapest (2017/2018)

Professional work experience:
National Opera of Ukraine, Kyiv (2002–2020) – semi soloist

Educational work experience:
Hungarian National Ballet Institute – classical ballet teacher (2017–2018)
Hungarian National Ballet Institute – character dance teacher (2018–2021)
Hungarian National Ballet Institute, International Summer Course, classical ballet teacher (2020, 2022)

Main roles:
Eagling/Solymosi/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Spanish dance
Dantzig/Schayk/Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – Spanish dance
Seregi Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Kylián/Mozart: Petite Mort
Kylián/Mozart: Six Dances
Eyal/Behar/Lichtik: Bedroom Folk
Ekman/Karlsson/Satie/Brun: Episode 31
North/Downes: Troy Games – With Amazons
Petipa/Messerer/Gorsky/Goleyzovsky/Minkus: Don Quixote – gypsy dance
Petipa/Makarova/Minkus: La Bayadère – Dance with drum
Kovtun/Prokofiev: Cinderella - Stepsister
Holmes/Solymosi/Adam: Le corsaire – Lead pirate woman
Pártay/Tchaikovsky: Anna Karenina – Russian dance
Venekei/Dés: A Streetcar Named Desire – Stella
Harangozó Jr./Kocsák: Snow White – Little monster
Cranko/Tchaikovsky/Stolze: Onegin
Fokin/Yaremenko/Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade – Odalisk, Zobeida pas de deux
Gorsky/Litvinov/Minkus: Don Quixote - Girlriend, Gypsy dance, Bolero
Petipa/Ivanov/Kovtun/Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Petipa/Litvinov/Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty – White kitten
Eifman/Strauss II: The Pygmalion Effect – Courtesan

Katerina Tarasova