Kira Hilli – Portfolio – Dancer, Model, Bachelor of Arts, Certified Progressing Ballet Technique Instructor

Biography

Born in 1999 Helsinki, Finland
Professional Ballet Dancer at The Dutch National Ballet, Amsterdam
Model at The Fashion Composers Agency
Languages: Finnish, English, German (Goethe Institute Certificate B1), Russian (Pushkin Institute Certificate B2), Dutch

*Don Quixote: Mercedes* (Dutch National Ballet 2024). Photo Sasha Goulaev.

Jewels, soloist in Rubies (Dutch National Ballet 2025). Photo Altin Kaftira.

Dance education

Professional Dancer’s Graduate Teaching Diploma, Royal Academy of Dance, 2025–
Certified Progressing Ballet Technique Instructor, 2023
Ballet Academy of University of Performing Arts Munich, Bachelor of Arts Degree, 2015 – 2018
Helsinki Dance Institute, 2003 – 2015
Masterclasses and Intensives: Grand Audition Barcelona (2018), La Scala Ballet Academy Milan (2015), D&D Summer Intensive Brussels (2015), Boston Ballet School (2014), Tanzolymp Berlin (2013), Dance Open St Petersburg (2013), Vaganova Ballet Academy (2011, 2012)

© Sascha Gouliaev — William Forsythe: The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude

Awards

The Nordic–Baltic Ballet Competition, Falun, Sweden, 2015: 1st prize, Sirkka-Liisa Forslund Memorial Prize and a scholarship
The Nordic Ballet Competition, Falun, Sweden, 2014: 2nd prize and a scholarship
The Finnish National Ballet Competition 2014: 1st prize, the audience award and the best choreography of the competition.

Giselle: Myrtha, Dutch National Ballet 2023. Photo: Sasha Gouliaev

Wings of Wax with Semyon Velichko. Choreography Jiří Kylián. Photo Altin Kaftira.

The Sleeping Beauty, Dutch National Ballet 2022. Photo Altin Kaftira.

The Nutcracker and The Mouse King (Dutch National Ballet 2024)

Repertoire

Trio Kagel (Dutch National Ballet 2025), chor. A. Ratmansky, mus. M. Kagel
The Chairman Dances (Dutch National Ballet 2025), chor T. Brandsen, mus. J. Adams
Romeo and Juliet (Dutch National Ballet 2025), chor. R. Van Danzig, mus. I. Prokofjev.
Jewels: Rubies, Diamonds (Dutch National Ballet 2025), chor. G. Balanchine, music I. Stravinsky, P. Tchaikovsky.
Don Quixote: Mercedes (Dutch National Ballet 2024), chor. A. Ratmansky, music L. Minkus.
Four Schumann Pieces (Dutch National Ballet 2024) chor. Hans van Manen, music R. Schumann.
Blake Works I, (Dutch National Ballet 2023/2024), chor. William Forsythe, mus. James Blake
Firebird (Dutch National Ballet 2024), chor A. Ratmansky, music I. Stravinsky
Fairy’s Kiss (Dutch National Ballet 2024) chor. A. Ratmansky, music I. Stravinsky
Wings of Wax (Dutch National Ballet 2024), chor. Jiří Kylián, music Philip Glass et al
Anima Animus (Dutch National Ballet 2024), chor. David Dawson, music Ezio Bosso
Concertante (Dutch National Ballet 2024), chor. Hans van Manen, music Frank Martin
Frida (Dutch National Ballet 2024), chor. Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, music Peter Salem
Giselle: Myrtha (Dutch National Ballet 2023). Chor. Rachel Beaujean and Ricardo Bustamante after Jules Perrot, mus. Adolphe Adam
The Four Temperaments (Dutch National Ballet 2023). Chor. George Balanchine, mus. Paul Hindemith
The Chairman Dances (Dutch National Ballet 2023). Chor. Ted Brandsen, mus. John Adams
Frank Bridge Variations (Dutch National Ballet 2023). Chor Hans van Manen, mus. Benjamin Britten.
The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude (Dutch National Ballet 2023), chor. William Forsythe, mus. Franz Schubert
Swan Lake: Big Swans, soloist in Cžardas (Dutch National Ballet 2023, 2019), chor. Rudi Van Danzig, mus. Pjotr Tchaikovsky
Messa Da Requiem (Dutch National Ballet 2023). Chor. Christian Spuck, mus. Giuseppe Verdi
The Sleeping Beauty: Carabosse, Fairy of Temperament, Pas De Quatre (Dutch National Ballet 2022). Chor. Sir Peter Wright after Marius Petipa, mus. Pjotr Tchaikovsky
Yugen (Dutch National Ballet 2022). Chor. Wayne Mc Gregor, mus. Leonard Bernstein
Green Table (Dutch National Ballet 2022). Chor. Kurt Jooss, mus. F.A. Cohen
Grosse Fuge (Dutch National Ballet 2022). Chor. Hans van Manen, mus. Ludvig van Beethoven
Raymonda (Dutch National Ballet 2022). Chor. Rachel Beaujean, mus. Aleksandr Glazoenov
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King/Soloist in Chinese Dance (Dutch National Ballet 2020-2021), chor. Toer Van Schayk, Wayne Eagling, music Pjotr Tchaikovsky
Mata Hari (Dutch National Ballet 2021), chor. Ted Brandsen, mus. Tarik O’Regan
Seventh Symphony (Dutch National Ballet 2021), chor. Toer Van Schayk, mus. Ludvig Van Beethoven
Prometheus (Dutch National Ballet 2021), chor. Wubkje Kuindersma, Remi Wörtmeyer and Ernst Meisner, mus. Ludvig Van Beethoven
I Feel It Too (dance movie, Dutch National Ballet 2021), chor. Sedrik Verwoert, mus. Tim Wes
Paquita/Demi Soloist (Dutch National Ballet 2021), chor. Rachel Beaujean, mus. Ludvig Minkus
Romeo and Juliet (Dutch National Ballet 2019), choreographer Rudy Van Dantzig, mus. Sergei Prokojeff
Best of Balanchine III (Dutch National Ballet 2019): Ballet Imperial, chor George Balanchine, mus. Pjotr Tchaikovsky; Symphony in Three Movements, chor. George Balanchine, mus. Igor Stravinsky; Who Cares, chor. George Balanchine, mus. George Gershwin