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Evgeniy Svetlitsa
Born	Evgeniy Svetlitsa (1983-02-24) 24 February 1983 (age 41) Lviv, Ukraine
Occupation	Ballet dancer
Years active	2001–present
Career
Current group	Lviv 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. Merited Artist of Ukraine since 2015. Winner of the Vadim Pisarev Prize.

Early life and training

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. 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 in 2000. As of 2022 he is on unpaid leave and has violated the requirements of his contract with the theatre.

Repertoire

Roles performed

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. According to the Lviv National Opera his participation in RBTheater's production "has violated the requirements of contract with the theater."

Guest soloist

• 2014 - the ballet Carmen - 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.
• 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.

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

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

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

Awards

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

References

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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.
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16. "Arabesque-2008". arabesque.permonline.ru. Official website of Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre. 2008. Retrieved 2019-03-07.

• Dancers from Lviv
• Ukrainian ballet dancers
• 1983 births
• 21st-century ballet dancers
• Living people
• Ukrainian male dancers
• Ukrainian dancers
• Recipients of the title of Merited Artist of Ukraine
• University of Luhansk alumni