Det er en stor glede for Den Norske Ballettskole og Akademi å annonsere at prima ballerina Elena Filipyeva besøker oss.

Hun kommer til Norge 24.-29. mai og underviser klassisk ballett på høyeste nivå for alder fra ca 13-19 år.

En av elevene som trener med henne til uken bor på Kjelsås.

Registrering: https://dnbs.no/product/trening-med-primaballerina-elena-filipieva/

Hun skal bo på Grefsen de dagene hun er på besøk, og hun gleder seg til å gå i Lillomarka og Nordmarka sammen med Kjelsås-jenta Irene Jansson - daglig leder ved Den Norske Ballettskole & Akademi. Irene traff Elena første gang i 1993, og har møttes ved Grand Prix Kyiv ballettkonkurranse flere år på rad.

Om Elena Filipieva

Elena Filipieva is famous Ukrainian ballerina.

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 National Artist of independent Ukraine. In 1994, she won the gold medal at the Maya International Ballet Competition.

She graduated from the International Slavic University.

From 2000-2022 combined a ballet career with a career as a teacher and tutor of the ballet troupe of the National Opera of Ukraine.

From 2020-2022 tutor and artistic director of the ballet troupe of the National Opera of Ukraine.

Winner of International Ballet Competitions - (1989, II Prize), 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, awarded the Order of Iaroslav Mudriy.