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Evgeniy Svetlitsa

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Evgeniy Svetlitsa
Born
Evgeniy Svetlitsa

(1983-02-24) 24 February 1983 (age 41)
OccupationBallet dancer
Years active2001–present
Career
Current groupLviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet

Evgeniy Svetlitsa (Ukrainian: Євгеній Свєтліца, Russian: Евгений Светлица; born 24 February 1983) is a Ukrainian ballet dancer, and former soloist at Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet from 2000 until 2022.[1][2] Merited Artist of Ukraine since 2015. Winner of the Vadim Pisarev Prize.

Early life and training

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Svetlitsa was born in Lviv, Ukraine. From early childhood, he attended various dance classes. Between 1994 and 1999, Svetlitsa studied at the Lviv State Choreographic School.[3][circular reference] In 1999 he entered the Kiev University of Culture and Arts. In 2004 he graduated from the university with a degree in choreography. From 2017 to 2018, he studied at the Taras Shevchenko's University in Lugansk, graduated with a master's degree in choreography. Svetlitsa became affiliated with the Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater[4] in 2000. As of 2022 he is on unpaid leave and has violated the requirements of his contract with the theatre.[2]

Repertoire

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Roles performed

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Ballet Roles performed
2001 Swan Lake Prince
2001 La Bayadère Golden God
2005 Coppélia Franz
2005 Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov) Slave
2005 La Esmeralda Claude Frollo
2006 Francesca de Remini Paolo
2006 Vain precaution Colen
2006 Creations of the world Solor
2007 La Bayadère
2007 The Nutcracker Prince
2008 Paquita Cavalier
2008 Return butterfly Puccini
2008 Don Quixote Basile, Espada[5]
2009 Lilea Stepan
2010 Romeo and Juliet Romeo
2010 Gisele Альберт
2011 Romeo and Juliet Tibald
2011 Spartak Spartak
2012 Cinderella Prince
2013 Chopeniana Young man
2013 Swan Lake Rodbart
2014 Gisele Hanz
2015 Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov) Slave
2015 Carmen suite Jose[6]
2016 The Sleeping Beauty Prince
2017 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Prince
2018 La Esmeralda Phoebe de Chateau
2018 The Sleeping Beauty Blue Bird
2018 Gisele[7] pas de pa

Svetlitsa performs leading ballet parts as a soloist not only in the Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater, but also as a guest soloist. As of June 2022 he is no longer listed as a principal dancer of the Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater following his participation in RBTheater's production of “Swan Lake” and its subsequent tour in the United States.[1] According to the Lviv National Opera his participation in RBTheater's production "has violated the requirements of [his] contract with the theater."[2]

Guest soloist

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  • 2014 - the ballet Carmen[6] - choreography by Nadezhda Kalinina - Jose
  • 2016 - the ballet Spartak National Opera of Ukraine - Spartak
  • In 2015 - 2016, he went on tour in the United States as a guest soloist in Swan Lake.[8][9]
  • In 2017, he was invited to Milan, Italy to participate in Swan Lake ballet along with the school Ukrainian Academy of Ballet.
  • In 2018 he took part in representing the Ukrainian ballet at gala concerts in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru.
  • In 2022 he again played the role of Prince Siegfried in RBTheater's new production of Swan Lake.[10]

Guest soloist in performances of theatres in France,[11] China, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Italy,[12] Sweden, the Netherlands.

Critics call Evgeniy a master of his art and a joy to behold[13]

They also note the beautiful balletic footwork and difficult steps with refined style, performed by Evgeniy. [14] He dances with verve and elasticity[15]

Awards

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Winner of the international ballet competition Arabesque–2008 named after Ekaterina Maximova - Perm, 2008[16]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ballet - Lviv National Opera". Ballet - Lviv National Opera. 2022-06-28. Archived from the original on 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  2. ^ a b c "The official position of Lviv National Opera on the participation of the ballet soloist of the theater Evgeny Svetlitsa in the tour with the production of "Swan Lake" by P. Tchaikovsky in the United States as a participant of the RBTheatre (Russianballettheatre) company". Lviv National Opera. 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  3. ^ Lviv State Choreographic School
  4. ^ "Opera Lwowska: historia, repertuar, trupy". nextews.com (in Polish). Nextews.com. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  5. ^ "Ballet DON QUIXOTE". opera.lviv.ua. Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet Official website. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  6. ^ a b "DANSE MARDI 20 JANVIER 2015 – 20H30 PALAIS DES CONGRES ATLANTIA " CARMEN DANSE "" (PDF). atlantia-labaule.com. Atlantia - Le palais des congrès de La Baule.
  7. ^ "Ballet GISELLE". opera.lviv.ua. Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet Official website. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  8. ^ Chris Harding (2015-09-15). "Strand hit: Russian troupe's 'Swan Lake'". dotnews.com. Boston Neighborhood News. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  9. ^ Susan Myrill Dougherty (2016-09-01). "Russian Grand Ballet Brings Swan Lake to Union Co. PAC". The Westfiled Leader and the Scotch Plains - Fanwood Times. A Watchung Communications, Inc Publication: 16.
  10. ^ "RBTheatre on Tour - Dates, Schedule, Tickets". RBTheater. 2022-03-03. Archived from the original on 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  11. ^ "CARMEN DANSE au palais des Congrès à Paris et en tournée dans toute la France". onsortoupas.fr (in French). onsortoupas.fr. 2014-09-20. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  12. ^ Stefania Napoli (2017-12-20). "A Ferrara la magia dello "Schiaccianoci" con il Balletto di San Pietroburgo". giornaledelladanza.com (in Italian). Giornale della Danza. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  13. ^ "Russian Grand Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty". docsaxey.com. docsaxey.com. 2016-10-29. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  14. ^ "-IN REVIEW: 'SWAN LAKE'". franklygreenbay.com. Frankly Green Bay. December 2017.
  15. ^ Margaret Putnam (2016-10-11). "Sleep Numbers". theaterjones.com. TheaterJones - Performing Arts News.
  16. ^ "Arabesque-2008". arabesque.permonline.ru. Official website of Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre. 2008. Retrieved 2019-03-07.