Viktor Yeliohin, former soloist with the Donetsk Ballet of Ukraine is a Ballet Master, Professor of Choreography and Studio Director with a career spanning more than twenty years. Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Viktor began his ballet studies in 1967, graduating from the Tashkent State Higher School of National Dance and Choreography of Uzbekistan. He holds the degree of Professor of Choreography from the prestigious Ukrainian Academy of Dance in Kiev, Ukraine, which was presented in May, 1995.

Viktor began his professional career in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, continuing in 1976, in Donetsk, Ukraine, where he performed as a soloist with the Donetsk Ballet of Ukraine. 
Since 1992 he has been teaching ballet, choreographing and staging dance in the United States, primarily teaching in studios in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. His affiliation with the Donetsk Ballet and the Vadim Pisarev School of Choreographic Mastery continues as he stages and choreographs children’s parts for their multi-state annual US tour of Nutcracker co-produced by US Intron and the Viktor Yeliohin International Ballet Academy.

Mr. Yeliohin’s students have participated in Youth America Grand Prix dance competition and he has former students dancing in companies such as the Joffrey Ballet, Martha Graham, and the Broadway production of The Lion King. From 2020-2021, he was a judge of the Kiev, Ukraine Grand Prix International Festival. Also in May 2019, Viktor established Releve, a non-profit organization for children's health.

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In 2010, Viktor opened his ballet academy in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Ballet classes are taught primarily in the Vaganova Syllabus in the Russian pedagogy.  Along with directing his ballet academy and sponsoring the annual Nutcracker performances held in Lancaster with his former company, Viktor began sponsoring an America-Ukraine Summer Ballet Camp in July, 2015-2018.