General Chat - Kiril Kulish

[Michael]

Kiril was absolutely incredible at the 3rd birthday show. He has such strenght and grace in his jumps... really, really strong legs. It was absolutely clear that he is another level in the area of ballet dance. At the end when the curtain was coming down he was gathering up some confetti and the curtain came down on his head a bit.


On to Broadway!

[tezadream]

lol!
yeah, Kiril's rreally nice! he is always complementing people and saying how he knows they'll do well with whatever they do. he has such amazing talent too and I am so pleased that he got into Billy!

[tezadream]

it seems like Kiril and David knew each other befoire billy!
if you go on their ballet school's site you can see a pic of them together holding awards which they won!
and also did you know that they both have won full scholarships to the royal ballet school?

[Brad]

Teza,

you are a wealth of knowledge. Keep the info coming it is great.

Do you have a link to their Dance School site please?

[rtm2008]

A biography of Kiril has been posted on the official US website here

[rtm2008]

A press release about Kiril has been posted in In the News

[Shanana5887]

"a young Gene Kelly" wow!!

[rtm2008]

Pictures of Kiril and the other Billys at rehearsal have been posted in an article at Broadway World

[Brad]

1st Preview - 1st October 2008.

Kiril did an amazing job tonight. Stephen Daldry announced that it would be his first ever stage performance. Who would have known. Kiril thrilled the audience with his song, dance and acting abilities and I for one thought I had seen him do it all before somewhere, so strong was his performance.

A fantastic job Kiril - as a dear friend used to say - onwards and upwards.

[RKBilly]

Congratulations to Kiril on his debut performace as Billy Elliot, from all accounts you were made for the role of Billy

RKBilly

[rashasha1]

he looks adorable in the few pics i have seen

[rtm2008]

Just want to repeat what Brad said, Kiril did a great job for his first ever stage performance, and was an outstanding Billy.

[rtm2008]

Kiril has a website which can be found at http://kirilkulish.com.

[rickphd05]

I've been watching press releases...and stuff on TV with the different Billy's. I seems like Kiril has grown taller in just the last few months. Maybe it's just been the camera angles, but I hope he doesn't get a growth spurt soon. I really hope to get to see him.

[rickphd05]

Saw Kiril last night (November 26th). He was wonderful and his dancing was magical. He stayed so long after the show to sign programs and take pictures. He has such a beautiful smile and seems to be sure a find young man. What I did notice...he is getting tall. Trent came out of the stage door about 10 minutes before Kiril...nobody recognized him. He just stood there by the wall. I went up to him and got him to sign my program. He is so tiny compared to Kiril.

[rashasha1]

It would have been impossible to sort of separate the boys out. That would have been hideous." - Haydn Gwynne

A nice article about Kiril's first time Tony nom with the above quote from Ms. Gwynne herself!

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/L ... y-Nod.html

And another one:

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/ ... 5-tony-no/

[Geridith]

Kiril's singing a much lower key of Electricity now. Sounds much better, you can tell he's reaching a bit in The Letter still. Dunno if this started before this week, but heard it on Thursday 5/21 eve performance....

[Geridith]

For everyone who was all "where has Kiril been?".... found him!

http://broadwayworld.com/article/BILLY_ ... S_20090602

Solo Electricity... go Kiril! Way to represent

[homeimp]

Kiril's singing a much lower key of Electricity now. Sounds much better, you can tell he's reaching a bit in The Letter still. Dunno if this started before this week, but heard it on Thursday 5/21 eve performance....

I agree about Kiril's singing, and I think the same is true of David. I sat beside Mrs. Alvarez on Friday June 19th, 3rd row center. I didn't know where to look, at David onstage or at her. I can only try to imagine the feelings of a parent watching their child perform in such a dazzling manner. Watching David do Electricity while sitting beside his mother in the 3rd row center of the orchestra has to be right near the top of my list of memorable theater-going experiences. She told me that the music has been lowered for both David and Kiril and that David was going to try to stay with the show until Nov/Dec. I really wish they would lower The Letter as well. Although Kiril and David are hitting the notes and on tune, and sizewise they still look OK on stage, those high notes just don't sound quite natural coming from 15 year old boys. Also saw Tommy this trip. He's a very different Billy and I liked him very much.

If you read this, Gerideth, I have seen David A, Kiril and Tommy play Billy. Should I make the effort to see Trent? I mean of course I'd like to, but is his Billy different or better in any ways that you can specify to make me go back just for him? Is it possible for you to rate all four Billys as to acting, singing, dancing and as to which boy's performance you prefer overall? I will tell you one thing. The scene at the end where Billy plays the trick on his family and lets them think he flopped at the audition only made sense with Tommy. Tommy played Billy with an impish sense of humor that made me feel he just couldn't resist playing a final joke. With Kiril, David and Travis in London, I didn't get that it was funny. With Tommy I did. What do you think?

Homeimp - Rob Wills in Toronto

[Geridith]

LOL, I've sat with Mrs. Alvarez at a show as well, she frequents the cancellation line on a regular basis. She's very nice. They had a problem with one of the elevators on the show that day and stopped it for about 10 minutes, she told me some nice little anecdotes about the kids and stuff.

Last time I saw David, the Letter had been lowered already, the first part at least. Glad to hear he's sticking around as long as possible. Glad you liked Tommy! His sense of humor (impish is a great description) is one of my favorite things about his performance. I would make the effort to see Trent as well.... as far as rating them, I think you can't really, though each has their strengths. Trent's Angry Dance is spectacular for example, being an amazing tapper.