Kekalo Iurii

male soloist, ballet master

Member of the Hungarian State Opera since 2012

Professional work:
Eifman Ballet of St Petersburg  principal (2009-2012)
Kharkov National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre  guest soloist
(2008-2009)
Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ukraine  soloist (2007-2009); corps de ballet (2005-2007)

Principal roles:
Seregi/Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet – Tybalt
Dantzig/Schayk/Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – Siegfried
Pártay/Liszt/Wagner/Berlioz: The Golden Brush – Mihály Munkácsy
Hynd/Lehár: The Merry Widow – Count Danilo Danilovitsch
Cranko/Tchaikovsky: Onegin – Onegin
Petipa/Minkus: Paquita – Male solo
Petipa/Minkus: Don Quixote – Basil
Vainonen/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Nutcracker Prince
Petipa/Adam: Giselle – Albert
Shikero/Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet – Romeo, Mercutio
Shikero/Ravel: Bolero – Youth
Avdish/Baсh/Berlioz/Shostakovich: The Master and Margarita – Berlioz
Eifman/Tchaikovsky/Schnittke/Bizet: The Red Giselle – KGB agent
Eifman/Beethoven/Mahler: Russian Hamlet – Minion of Empress Catherine II
Pártay/Dvořák: Gone with the Wind – Charles Hamilton
Kylián/Mozart: Petite Mort

Kekalo Iurii joined the Hungarian National Ballet Institute as ballet master in the 2024-2025 season.

Studies

Kiev State Ballet School, Ukraine
2005
Kherson State University, Ukraine
2009

Awards

2023
Gold Cross of Merit

Classes taken