Kateryna Kurman

Winner of the Anatolii Shekera Award for the ballet production «Alice Through the Looking Glass!» (May 21, 2025).

• 2014-2018: Studied at the Odesa School of Arts and Culture named after K.F. Dankevich.
• 2018-2020: Studied at Kyiv University of Culture and Arts, Faculty of Choreography.

Since 2018: Dancer with the «Kyiv Modern-Ballet» troupe.

«In contemporary ballet, I am inspired by the energy and breath of the body, the lines, and the synergy with other art forms».

As a choreographer, she created the following works within the modern choreography divertissement «Con tutti i strumenti» at the «Kyiv Modern-Ballet» theater:

• «Oh, I am an Unfortunate Chumak» (2018);
• «THESE PEOPLE» (2018);
• «Referent» (2020), co-authored with Vladyslav Detyuchenko;
• «These People» (2023) as part of the divertissement «And the Sun Rises Every Day!».

«A turning point in my career was the beginning of the full-scale invasion. War. Trauma. It grounds you, focuses you, and brings you back to yourself, forcing you to strengthen from within».
In 2024, she staged the two-act ballet «Alice Through the Looking Glass».

Project Participation:

• 2021: Participated in the dance performance «Exter.Life» at the «Mystetskyi Arsenal», created by American choreographer Stefanie Noll.
• 2022: Created the performance «Farba» with the team of dancers «Community of Female Artists», supported by Fedor Vozianov, Faina Erenburg, and the Vozianov.design team.
• 2025: Choreographer and director of the production «Solaris» at the Lviv National Opera.
• 2026: Choreographer and director of the interdisciplinary performance «Doimennia» as part of the «KYIV – VENICE» exhibition at the M17 Center for Contemporary Art. Music by Polybrothers, Yevhen Sofiichuk, and Dmytro Dudko.

Tours:

Performed in the Netherlands, Hungary, Latvia, and various cities across Ukraine.

May 30, 2026 – participation in the 14th International Biennial Festival of Performing Arts VITEI-2026 (Moldova).