Hanna Ipatieva

Performances:

Since 1994, she has been working as a theater artist, creating costumes for performances in theaters in Ukraine and abroad: in Macedonia, Latvia, Germany, and Canada. She has designed costumes for more than 70 operas and ballets. Hanna Ipatieva's creative portfolio also includes dramatic performances and experimental productions in various genres.

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She staged her first performance during her fourth year of studies at the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture - the ballet Eupraxia by Oleksandr Kanerstein at the Kharkiv Opera and Ballet Theater (1993, choreographed by Ashot Asaturyan). The artist designed the set and costumes in collaboration with scenographer Andriy Zlobin.

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In 1994, she created costumes for the experimental performance of the drama ballet “The Little Prince” at the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater (choreographer Heorhii Kovtun, scenographer Andrii Zlobin). The production involved both drama actors and ballet dancers.

A landmark in Hanna Ipatieva's creative development was her work with director Iryna Molostova on the opera Rigoletto in 1997.

At the National Opera of Ukraine, Hanna Ipatieva also created costumes for the operas Carmen by Georges Bizet, conducted by Volodymyr Kozhukhar, costume designer Andriy Zlobin (2001), Faust by Charles Gounod, conducted by Alla Kulbaba, directed by Mario Corradi, and revival director Mykola Tretiak, production designer Andriy Zlobin, mask designer Viktor Hukailo (2005, 2017), Norma by Vincenzo Bellini, production director Mykola Diadiura, production designer Anatoliy Solovyanenko, production designer Andriy Zlobin (2007), The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini, production designer Mykola Diadiura, director Anatoliy Solovyanenko, production designer Andriy Zlobin (2019), ballets The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky, director, choreographer Radu Poklitaru, scenic designer Andriy Zlobin (2002), Raymond by Oleksandr Glazunov (2005), Chasing Two Hares by Yuriy Shevchenko, conductor Volodymyr Kozhukhar, production director Anatoliy Solovyanenko, production designer Serhiy Masloboyshchikov (2017), Dante with music by Ezio Bosso, Antonin Dvorak, Richard Wagner, Seraphim Bit-Haribi, libretto author, choreographer, choreographer Yaroslav Ivanenko, production designer Stanislav Petrovsky (2021).

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Since 2006, Anna Ipatieva has been a permanent artist at Kyiv Modern-ballet. This theatre was created as an experimental laboratory of contemporary dance, whose work was built around an original interpretation of world-famous theatrical plots in the language of modern choreography and plasticity. That is why Anna Ipatieva's role as a costume designer was revealed in a new way here. At the Kyiv Modern-ballet, the artist designed the performances of Carmen. TV’ by Georges Bizet (2006), “Bolero” by Maurice Ravel (2007), “Rain” based on the works of Johann Bach and musical epics of different nations of the world (2007), ’The Verona Myth: Shakespeare's Variations’ based on music by Renaissance composers and others (2007), ’Chamber No. 6’ by Arvo Pärt (2008), Underground to music by Peteris Vasks (2008), Giselle by Adolf Adan (2016), etc.

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She also created costumes for theatrical performances:

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Kyiv Opera (Kyiv Municipal Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet for Children and Youth): ballet Invitation to Execution by Oleksandr Kostin, choreography by Heorhiy Kovtun (1995), opera Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Arrigo Boito, conductor Vasyl Vasylenko, stage director and choreographer Heorhiy Kovtun, scenography by Andriy Zlobin (2025)

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National Philharmonic of Ukraine, Kyiv: opera-ballet Unusual Tea Party, or The Yellow Stork based on the Chinese fairy tale The Yellow Stork, conducted by Ivan Gamkalo, directed by Volodymyr Lukashev, choreographed by Georgiy Kovtun (1997)

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National Operetta of Ukraine, Kyiv: musical extravaganza ‘Sofia Pototska’ by Oleksandr Kostin, directed by O. Kaminska (2000)

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Lviv National Opera: folk opera-ballet When the Fern Blossoms by Yevhen Stankovych, conducted by Volodymyr Sirenko, directed by Vasyl Vovkun, with art direction by Tadei Ryndzak (2017) and opera Fox Mykyta by Ivan Nebesnyi, conducted by Theodore Kuchar, directed by Vasyl Vovkun, with art direction by Tadei Ryndzak (2020)

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Dnipro Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre: opera The Cunning Fox by Ivan Nebesnyi based on the poem by Ivan Franko ‘Mykyta the Fox’, conducted by Serhiy Horkusha, directed by Vasyl Vovkun, set design by Kateryna Pinchuk (2023)

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Shumka Dance Ensemble, Edmonton, Canada: ‘Mosquito Wedding (All We Need is Love) by Lona Galutsan, 2018. Directed by Les Sereda. Choreographers Les Sereda, Joseph Hoffman, Tasha Orysyuk, Paul Oliynyk

Latvian National Opera: ballet Cinderella by O. Hodosko (2005)

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Opera and Ballet Theatre in Kiel, Germany: Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker (2011)

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Macedonian Opera and Ballet Theatre, Skopje: ‘Raymond by A. Glazunov (2005), Don Quixote by L. Minkus (2010)

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Hanna Ipatieva's costumes accurately reveal the individual traits and images of the characters in the performances, making her a full co-author of the director and choreographer. The artist creates characters in an unexpected imaginative style, finding new solutions and using various expressive artistic methods.

Hanna Ipatieva has created most of her performances in creative tandem with scenographer Andriy Zlobin. She collaborated with Tadei Ryndzak in performances at the Lviv Opera, and with Serhiy Masloboishchykov in the ballet Chasing Two Hares. She is currently working on projects where she designs both scenography and costumes.

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Since 1988, she has participated in art exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad.