Dmytro Kuryata

Education

2004: Graduated from Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design with a degree in Costume Design.
2008: Completed an internship at the Minerva Academy of Fine Arts, Hanze University, Groningen, Netherlands.
2009-2016: Head of Style and Costume Designer at STB TV channel.

Projects with Kyiv Modern-Ballet:

2014: Costume designer for the one-act ballets Women in D Minor (music by J.S. Bach) and The Long Christmas Dinner (music by A. Vivaldi), choreographed by Radu Poklitaru.
2016: Costume designer for the one-act ballet Up the River (music by Oleksandr Rodin), choreographed by Radu Poklitaru.
2018: Costume designer for P.I. Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Sleeping Beauty, choreographed by Radu Poklitaru.
2019: Costume designer for Oleksandr Rodin’s ballet Viy, choreographed by Radu Poklitaru.
2020: Costume designer for the two-act ballet The Little Prince (music by W.A. Mozart and Ukrainian lullabies), choreographed by Radu Poklitaru.
2021: Costume designer for the two-act ballet The Queen of Spades (music by P.I. Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 2 “Little Russian,” Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”), choreographed by Radu Poklitaru.
2023: Costume designer for the one-act ballet DiscrimiNATION (music by G.F. Handel and V. Silvestrov), choreographed by Radu Poklitaru.
2024: Costume designer for the two-act ballet Alice Through the Looking Glass (music by Ivan Harkusha [John Hope]), choreographed by Kateryna Kurman.

Television Projects:

2009 (Season 2) – 2016 (Season 9): Developed costumes for contestants, hosts, and judges of the show Ukraine's Got Talent.
2010 (Season 2) – 2015 (Season 7): Developed costumes for contestants and judges of the Ukrainian version of So You Think You Can Dance.
2011: Developed costumes for contestants on Dancing with the Stars (Ukrainian version of Star Dance), Ukraine’s Got Talent (Ukrainian version of Got Talent).
2016-2019: Developed costumes for contestants and judges of the national selection for Eurovision.
2017: Costume designer for the TV series Krepostnaya on STB.
2021: Costume designer for the Dance TV project on STB.
Eurovision 2021: Costume designer, created costumes for the participants of Go_A's Shum live performance representing Ukraine.

Theatrical Projects:

2010: Designed costumes for the concert-musical Victory Day at the National Palace of Arts "Ukraine," choreographed and directed by Tetiana Denysova.
2010: Designed costumes for the musical Baron Munchausen at the KPI Cultural Center, choreographed and directed by Kostiantyn Tomilchenko.
2013: Designed costumes for the festival New Maslyana and Kostiantyn Tomilchenko’s production.
2015: Designed costumes for the musical Guardians of Dreams, directed by Kostiantyn Tomilchenko, creative direction by Tala Onyshchuk.
2015: Designed costumes for the musical The House of Mysterious Adventures, directed by Kostiantyn Tomilchenko and Oleksandr Bratkovskyi.
2018: Costume designer for the musical Santa’s Factory (music by P. Tabakov) at Kyiv Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet for Children and Youth.
2021: Costume designer for the ballet Aladdin at Kaunas State Musical Theater.
2021: Costume designer for an evening of ballets Women in D Minor and The Long Christmas Dinner at Drzhavna Opera Plovdiv (Bulgaria).
2021, October 8: Costume designer for the ballet Aladdin at Kyiv Opera on Podil.
2022: Costume designer for the ballet Viy. Night of Horrors at the Latvian National Opera in Riga.
2023, September 15: Costume designer for the two-act musical Pinocchia at Kyiv Opera on Podil.

BINGO Circus-Theatre:

2012-2019: Designed costumes for the opening acts of shows by Iryna Herman (the National-Circus Knie of Switzerland, 50th Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival).

Competitions and Awards:

1997: Awarded at the competition of diploma works among art schools in Kyiv.
2008: Second place in the Ukrainian National Contest for Young Designers Seasons of Fashion – A Look into the Future in Kyiv.
2012, 2013: Nominee for the Ukrainian National Television Award Teletriumph.
2020: Winner of the expert rating Shot in Ukraine as Best Costume Designer for the project Krepostnaya.