Anna Gerus

Choreographer, dance teacher, ballet and contemporary dancer
Founder & artistic director of Ukrainian Dance Theatre-UDT
Was born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine in 1986
2007- 2018 Principal dancer, teacher, choreographer with Kyiv Modern Ballet Theater by Radu Poklitaru
2000 – 2007, being a student of the state ballet school, was accepted into the troupe of the Dnipropetrovsk Academic Opera and Ballet Theater as a ballet dancer
In 2002 graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk State Ballet
In 2005 graduated from Dnipropetrovsk Theater and Art College with a degree in Choreography.
2006 – 2010 – Kyiv National University of Cinema and Television Theater. IK Karpenko-Kary, specialty “Director of the classical ballet”.
2002 – 2007 participant of the ballet veterans troupe led by Oleg Nikolaev
From 2007 till present with Kiev Modern Ballet Theater as a principal dancer, teacher and choreographer
Performed leading roles in all performances of the Kyiv Modern Ballet Theater repertoire
“Giselle” A. Adan – Giselle, Batilda
“Carmen.TV” J. Bizet – Carmen
“The Nutcracker” by P.I. Tchaikovsky – Marie, Ms. Stahlbaum, Spanish Dance
“Swan Lake” P.I. Tchaikovsky – Odette, Odile
“Romeo and Juliet” (“Shakespeariments”) – Juliet
“Two for the Seesaw” IS. Bach, C. Vargas – She
“Underground” P. Vasks – Aristocrat
“Women in D Minor” IS. Bach- She
“Rain” on the folk music of the world and J.S. Bach – Moldavian, Eastern, Russian
“In Pivo Veritas” Irish music and music of the Renaissance – the hostess of the tavern
“Quat-at-the-tete” A. Maas – she 1, she 2
“A Long Christmas Lunch” A.Vivaldi – son`s wife
“Closer than love” – ​​Duet No.3
“Crossroads” M.Skorik – Duet
“Running through life” – 1st duet
“Up the river” A. Rodin – Wife
“Variations of Life” foreign composers – Life

Choreographic works:
Dance performance Floating Grace, 2019
One-act ballet Author on music of foreign composers, 2018
One-act ballet “Variations of Life” on music of foreign composers, 2017

Choreographic miniatures:
“Nocturne” mus. Chad Lawson
“Station” mus. F. Chopin
“Lullaby” folk music perf. N.Matvienko
“Way” mus. A.Corelli
“Thing” mus. I.S Bach
“Behind” mus. Muse
“Etude” mus. F. Chopin
“Lost life”
“Forgotten Dream” mus. Adan
“Variations of life” mus. G. Purcell and A. Schnittke
etc…

Learned the techniques of modern dance at master classes and intensives of the world’s leading companies and teachers such as: NDT1, Batsheva Dance Company, Henny Jurriens Foundation, etc.

* The owner of a special jury prize as the performer “for the best partnership in contemporary choreography” (Mysl-potok, Kyiv 2016)
* The winner of the special prize of the choreographers competition “for the embodiment of the female image in the modern choreographic miniature” (13th Moscow International Ballet and Choreographers Competition) Moscow 2017
* Laureate of the 2nd Prize of the Ballet Fest International Choreographers Competition (Lviv 2017)
* Finalist of the 29th International Contemporary Choreography Competition IFMC (Vitebsk 2016)

Participant of many international festivals and Gala as a performer and choreographer
– Ballet Gala “Grand Pas …!” Krakow
Program “Illusions of Love”, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem
“NK Ballet Foundation Gala”, London
Gala concert of laureates of the contest in Varna – special guest (2016)
9th International Ballet Star Gala Taipei;
“The Golden Mask” Moscow;
” world ballet stars” V.Pisarev Kiev, Donetsk;
“New Horizons” St. Petersburg;
IFMC Vitebsk;
Gogolfest Kiev and others.

Teaching
From 2008 till present the teacher with Kyiv Modern Ballet Theater
Staged performances from the repertoire of the Kyiv Modern Ballet Theater on the National Theaters :
Czech National Ballet – one-act ballet “Rain”  by R. Poklitaru
Belgrade National Theater – ballets “Women in D minor” and “Long Christmas Lunch” by R. Poklitaru –
2010 SYTYCD Ukraine  season 2, teacher of classical dance, Top 20
2003 -2004 teacher of modern dance in Dnepropetrovsk State Ballet School

has toured to France, Spain, Netherland, Belgium, Portugal, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, China, Romania, Czech Republic, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea, Belorussia, Moldova, Israel, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine.