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Katja Khaniukova

First Soloist
The company Dancers Katja Khaniukova
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Birthplace
Kyiv, Ukraine

Training
Kyiv State Choreographic Institute

Previous company
Kyiv Ballet

English National Ballet
Joined 2014, promoted to Soloist in 2017 and First Soloist 2019

Repertoire
Roles include Clara and Sugar Plum Fairy in Watkin and Smith’s Nutcracker; Clara and Sugar Plum Fairy in Eagling’s Nutcracker; Medora and Gulnare in Holmes’s Le Corsaire; the title role in Skeaping’s Giselle; The Novice in Robbins’s The Cage; Lescaut’s Mistress in MacMillan’s Manon; Frida Kahlo in Lopez Ochoa’s Broken Wings; Stepsister Clementine in Wheeldon’s Cinderella; Henriette in Rojo’s Raymonda; plus roles in van Manen’s Adagio Hammerklavier and Neumeier’s Spring and Fall. As Principal Dancer with Kyiv Ballet, roles included Juliet (Romeo & Juliet); Kitri (Don Quixote); Clara (Nutcracker); Aurora and Princess Florine (The Sleeping Beauty); Odette/Odile (Swan Lake); Medora and Gulnare (Le Corsaire). Has performed as a guest principal with Latvian National Opera and Ochi International Ballet (Nagoya, Japan).

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Mary Skeaping's Giselle: Production Trailer | English National Ballet
Mary Skeaping's Giselle: Trailer
Mary Skeaping's Giselle Trailer
Katja Khaniukova and Aitor Arrieta in Mary Skeaping's Giselle Image © Laurent Liotardo
In Pictures: Mary Skeaping's Giselle
Cinderella in-the-round: Benjamin and Clementine pas de deux (extract) | English National Ballet
A short extract from Christopher Wheeldon's Cinderella in-the-round, of the Prince's friend, Benjamin, dancing with the sweet bespectacled Stepsister Clementine (performed by Jeffrey Cirio and Katja Khaniukova).
Cinderella in-the-round: Benjamin and Clementine pas de deux (extract)
Cinderella in-the-round: Stepsisters (extract) | English National Ballet
Stepsisters Edwina and Clementine (danced by Emma Hawes and Katja Khaniukova) in Christopher Wheeldon's Cinderella in-the-round.
Cinderella in-the-round: Stepsisters (extract)
Take Five Blues: In Rehearsal | English National Ballet
Take Five Blues: In Rehearsal
Angela Wood in Take Five Blues by Stina Quagebeur part of Reunion © Laurent Liotardo
In Pictures: Take Five Blues
Rhys Antoni Yeomans and Georgia Bould in Arielle Smith's Joly Folly as part of ENB's Reunion © Laurent Liotardo
On Stage: Reunion at Sadler's Wells
English National Ballet dancers in Tamara Rojo's Raymonda © Johan Persson
In Pictures: Raymonda
Artists of English National Ballet rehearsing Stina Quagebeur's Take Five Blues © Laurent Liotardo
In rehearsals: Stina Quagebeur's Take Five Blues
Cinderella in-the-round at the Royal Albert Hall © Ian Gavan
In Pictures: Cinderella in-the-round
English National Ballet Artists rehearsing Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's Broken Wings © Laurent Liotardo © Laurent Liotardo
Broken Wings rehearsal images
Manon: Katja Khaniukova as Lescaut's Mistress (extract) | English National Ballet
An extract of Katja Khaniukova performing the role of Lescaut's Mistress in Kenneth MacMillan's Manon.
Katja Khaniukova as Lescaut's Mistress in Manon
Katja Khaniukova and Artists of English National Ballet in Broken Wings © Laurent Liotardo.
Broken Wings production images
Alina Cojocaru as Manon and Joseph Caley as Des Grieux in Manon © Laurent Liotardo.
Manon production images
Mary Skeaping's Giselle, 2024/2025 Production Trailer