EXPERT BALLET JUDGE of SARA-NORA PRIMA Competition:

KAIE KÕRB

Graduated from the Tallinn Ballet School and improved herself at the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Saint Petersburg. She was a principal of the Estonian National Ballet from 1981 until 2004.

Her repertory includes leading roles in classical balletsDuringhercareerthereshedancedthemain parts in most of theballets, e.g. Odette-Ottilie in “Swan Lake”, “Raimonda”, “Giselle”, Quitera in “Don Quijte”, Nikia  in “La Bayadere”, and manymore. Shealsoworkedwithdifferentchoreographers in modern danceperformances, e.g. “Carmen”, Cleopatra in “Antonius and Cleopatra”, Margarita in “Master and Margaite” , etc.

 ….  She has worked with choreographers Mai  Murdmaa, Birgit Cullberg, Boris Eifman, Dmitri Brjantsev, Luciano Cannito, JuriusSmoriginas and others.

Kaie Kõrb has performed as a guest artist at Staatsopera in Berlin and in several theatres with the troupe of the Bolshoi Ballet.

Since 2022 Kaie Kõrb isthe Head of Ballet Studies in Tallinn School of Music and Ballet. Kaie stillactive as a balletteacher.

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