Barbora Kohoutková

PLACE OF BIRTH: Czech Republic, in Prague

EDUCATION: Prague Dance Conservatory

OTHER EDUCATION: Since 2009 Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis certified instructor

ENGAGEMENTS:

1996-2002 Finnish National 2002-2003 Bavarian State Ballet 2003-2004 Boston Ballet 2004-2008 -John Neumeier 2009- 2010 Ballet Master at the National Theater in Prague 2009 International Guest Dancer and Teacher 2009 Owner and instructor of GYROTONIC and GYROKINESIS in Art of Movement Studio in Prague 2013-2014 Aalto Ballet Essen

COMPETITIONS, AWARDS:

Bronze medal 1994 in Bordeaux Gold medal National Ballet Competition 1994 in Brno Silver medal 1994 in Varna Grand Prix 1994 in Prix espèces 1995 in Lausanne Gold medal and Grand Prix 1995 in Helsinki Gold medal and Grand Prix 1996 in New York Fazer Prize 2000 in Helsinki 2002 Philip Morris Best Artist Award in Helsinki

REPERTORY:

Ben Stevenson Cinderella - Cinderella Pierre Lacotte - La Sylphide Romeo and Juliet – Juliet -Tatiana, Olga Natalia Makarova after Marius Petipa La Bayadère – Nikija The Sleeping Beauty - Aurora; Vladimir Bourmeister The - Odette-Odile, Pas de quatre and the big swans George Balanchine Serenade Heinz Spoerli The Midsummer Night's Dream – Titania Jorma Utonien Ballet Pathétique - The Blue Ballerina Sylvie Guillem – Gisele Javier Torres after Petipa The Sleeping Beauty – Aurora Kenneth MacMillan Manon – Manon Wayne Eagling and Toer van Schayk and the Mouse King – Clara George Balanchine Brahms-Schönberg Quartet - solo in the third movement John Cranko Onegin- Olga Ray Barra - Raymonda and Clémence The Swan Lake – Charlotte Don Quijote - Dulcinella John Neumeier The Midsummer Night's Dreams - Hermia George Balanchine Stars and Stripes - Second regiment Rudolf Nureyev Don Quijote - Mercedes and Queen of Dryads Gianni di Marco The Nutcracker - Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow Queen, Dew Drop, Arabian dance

With HAMBURG BALLET in choreographies by John Neumeier:

A Cinderella Story - a foreign Princess, Cinderella's Mother The Sleeping Beauty - Aurora, Princess Florina, Moon Fairy Windows to Mozart – Bäsel The Lady of Camellias – Olympia Nijinsky - Eleonora Bereda and Mathilda Kschessinskaja The Nutcracker -Louise Preludes CV – Elizabeth Requiem,Romeo and Juliet - Luciana and Rosalinda Midsummer Night's Dream – Hermia Songs of the Night - Nocturnes