Inna Borysivna Dorofeieva (Ukrainian: І́нна Бори́сівна Дорофе́єва; born, June 7, 1965) is a Ukrainian ballet dancer. She was awarded the People's Artist of Ukraine in 1997.

Biography Inna Borysivna Dorofeieva was born June 7, 1965, in Chuhuiv, Kharkiv Oblast. In 1979, Dorofeieva graduated from Kharkiv Choreographic School (teacher Natalia Zadesenets). In 1983, she graduated from the Kyiv State Choreographic School (teacher Varvara May, who was a student of Agrippina Vaganova). Dorofeieva worked at the Donetsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 1993–95, she was the leading soloist of the ballet of the German Opera on the Rhine, Düsseldorf. In the United States, she worked under the direction of choreographer Vladimir Shumeikin. In 2001, she graduated from Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts. In Donetsk, together with her husband Vadym Pysarev, she created a choreographic school and the "World Ballet Stars festival".In 2014, she relocated to Kharkiv, where she initially worked at the Kharkiv Choreographic School. In October of that year, she accepted an invitation from the management of the Lysenko Kharkiv Opera and Ballet Theater to serve as a choreographer-tutor. Since 2016, Dorofeieva has been the artistic director of the ballet of the Kharkiv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after Mykola Lysenko.

Dorofeieva is married with three children. Her husband is Vadym Pysarev. Their eldest son, Andrey, also a ballet dancer, recently won a gold medal at the XI International Ballet Competition in Moscow.Vadym Pysarev

Awards and honours 1984 - Laureate of the 1st Republican Competition of Ballet Artists 1990 - Laureate of the International Ballet Competition (Jackson, Mississippi, USA) 1997 - People's Artist of Ukraine 2003 - Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 2007 - Order of Princess Olga III degreeУказ Президента (in Ukrainian) 2008 - Order of Princess Olga II degreeУказ Президента України № 185/2008 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України» (in Ukrainian)

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