Instructors

Vasyl Kanevets comes to us from Kyiv, Ukraine, and is a distinguished teacher of Ukrainian Dance, Classical Ballet, Character Dance, and Classical Dance History.

Vasyl received his Professional Dancer Diploma at the National Ballet School of Kyiv. He also completed his Honours level Ballet Master’s Degree in Kyiv. In 1995, Vasyl moved to Canada where he continues to work as a professional dance instructor and choreographer. Vasyl is also the Co-Artistic Director of the Vaganova Dance Society in Edmonton.

We are proud to announce that Mr. Kanevets received the Ukrainian Dance Instructor of the Year Award for 2017 from Ukrainian Dance World magazine.

Anna is one of Canada’s few female Ukrainian Dance Artistic Directors, Ballet Master, and Dance Technique Instructors.  Anna’s is a technical and technique master.  Working with Anna gives dancers new perspective in precision, technique, improving lightness, grace, elegance, and polish. Her dancers exhibit exact hands and feet. Anna’s choreography is rich in Ukrainian literature, folklore and fairytales and she believes that dancers develop strong character when working on challenging choreography. She inspires her dancers to experience and grow their inner confidence, pride in Ukrainian culture and love for dance. 

Anna Kanevets comes from Ukraine, and has dedicated herself to the art of dance her entire life. Her native education and experience includes more than 15 years of study in the best Culture, Choreography and Ballet Institutes and working as both an Artistic Director and Instructor. In 1996, Anna moved to Canada and her exceptional talent and ability has brought her extensive experiences and opportunities as an artistic director, a lead choreographer, a technique and ballet master with iconic Ukrainian Canadian dance Ensembles like Rusalka, Volya, Viter, and Dovbush to name a few. Anna’s choreography and work with students of different ages across many different Ukrainian Dance Schools in Alberta have decorated her with many gold medals and honour awards from dance competitions and festivals across the Prairies.

Anna is a founding leader and Director of Vykrutas Ukrainian Dance Society, so her heart is deeply rooted in the success of Vykrutas and it's dancers. We are so excited to have her back at Vykrutas honing the future of Ukrainian dance in Calgary!

Uliana has had the privilege of being a part of Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Company of Edmonton and Tryzub Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Calgary, totaling over ten years of semi-professional dance experience in the Alberta Ukrainian Dance Community. Besides being a dancer, Uliana has volunteered with the Cheremosh Ukrainian Dance Festival Committee. After moving to Calgary to pursue her Master’s degree, she also taught various age groups with the Tryzub School of Ukrainian Dance. Most recently, she has returned to teaching with Vykrutas School of Ukrainian Dance. She is very excited to see what this year will bring. 

Hannah has been Ukrainian dancing since she was 7 but dancing since she was 3 years old. She loves Ukrainian dance because it lets her connect with her heritage and make friends with similar values. She enjoy teaching because she loves being able to spread her love of dance and our culture with a new generation of dancers.

Madeline fell in love with Ukrainian dancing 10 years ago at the Calgary Ukrainian Festival and have been dancing ever since. Doing Ukrainian dance is important to her because it allows her to express herself but also tell the story of her history and culture. Teaching has unlocked new joys in Ukrainian dance, getting to know the younger dancers at the studio and helping them with their dance journey as they work their way up to the higher levels. Working with the younger generations from Ukraine also teaches her more about the culture of Ukraine.