Elena Filipieva

Elena Filipieva is famous Ukrainian ballerina. She was born on May 23, 1970 in the city of Dneprorudny, Zaporizhzhya region, Ukraine.  Parents who were athletes initially sent the girl to gymnastics, then she began to learn folk dances in a local dance school.

In 1980 she entered the Kiev Choreographic School. After graduating in 1988, she was accepted into the ballet troupe of the National Opera and Ballet Theater of Ukraine.  She did not dance in the corps de ballet. From 1988 Soloist of National Opera of Ukraine. The first solo in the theater was the title role in the ballet Giselle.

In 1993, at the age of 23, she became the youngest People’s Artist of independent Ukraine.  In 1994, she won the gold medal at the Maya International Ballet Competition, after which, at the invitation of Maya Plisetskaya, she repeatedly performed on tour with Gediminas Taranda’s troupe Imperial Ballet.  She rehearsed her parts with Maya Plisetskaya in the ballets Giselle and Carmen Suite.

She graduated from the International Slavic University. 

Tutor of the ballet troupe of the National Opera of Ukraine.

Winner of International Ballet Competitions – in Moscow (1989, II Prize), St. Petersburg (Maya Competition, 1994, gold medal), Japan (Nagoya, 1996, Silver Medal; 1999, silver medal).  Knight of the Order of Queen Olga, awarded the Order of St. Stanislav.

Parties: Odette-Odilia, Aurora, Clara (“Swan Lake”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “The Nutcracker” by P. Tchaikovsky), Kitri, Nikia, Gamzatti (“Don Quixote”, “La Bayadere” by L. Minkus), Giselle, Medora  (“Giselle”, “Corsair” by A. Adan), La Sylphide in the ballet of the same name by H. Levenshold, Juliet, Cinderella (“Romeo and Juliet”, “Cinderella” by S. Prokofiev), Lisa (“Vain Precaution” by L. Gerold),  Zobeida (“Scheherazade” by Rimsky-Korsakov), Suzanne (“The Wedding of Figaro” by V.-A. Mozart), soloist in the “White Suite” by E. Lalo, Aegina (“Spartak” by A. Khachaturyan), Mehmenebana (“Legend”  oh love  VI “A. Melikov), Forest nymph (” Forest Song “by M. Skorulsky), Lileya in the ballet of the same name by K. Dankevich, Carmen (” Carmen Suite “by Bizet – R. Shchedrin), Girl (” Fantastic Symphony “on  music of G. Berlioz), Oksana (“The Night Before Christmas” by E. Stankovych), Margarita (“The Master and Margarita”), Marina (“The Greek of Zorb” by M. Theodorakis), Zoreslava (“Lord of the Borisfen” by E. Stankovic), Snow Queen, Crow  (“The Snow Queen” to the music. P. Tchaikovsky and other composers) and others.

Partners of the ballerina on the stage were Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Farukh Ruzimatov, Alexander Vetrov, Alexey Fadeichev, Patrick Dupont, Denys Matvienko and many other famous dancers.

She has toured in Finland, Japan, Canada, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Norway and other countries.