POSTED ON01.10.2018
Another dreamlike confirmation elevates our winter intensive to a unique level in the world. Never before has it been possible to see such a selection of top-level teachers united in a single course.
She graduated in 1981 at the Vaganova Academy with the legendary Natalia Dudinskaia and Irina Trofimova as teachers. She immediately entered the Mariinsky Ballet, where she quickly rose to the position of principal star. Kullik premiered numerous roles for the prestigious company such as La Fille Mal Gardée (choreography by Oleg Vinogradov) and Cinderella (choreography by Alexei Ratmanski). As the first dancer she assumed the lead roles in Don Quixote, Cinderella, Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, The Sylphide, The Corsair, Romeo and Juliet, among many others, and toured different countries. Among her awards it stands out the prize of the International Ballet Competition of Varna (Bulgaria) in 1983.
Since 2013, she is a teacher and tutor in the Mariinsky Ballet, whose remarkable work, palpable in the excellence of her pupils (such as Renata Shakirova and Kim Kimin) has elevated her to the highest and consecrated legend.
