Kiril Kulish is a Tony award-winning American actor, singer, and dancer, who is best known as being one of the original Billys in the Broadway production of Billy Elliot the Musical.
Kulish was born in San Diego, California on February 16, 1994. His family is of Ukrainian descent, and he grew up speaking Russian and Ukrainian, as well as English. He started ballet at the age of five and is also a concert pianist. He was the overall Junior divisio...
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Kiril Kulish is a Tony award-winning American actor, singer, and dancer, who is best known as being one of the original Billys in the Broadway production of Billy Elliot the Musical.
Kulish was born in San Diego, California on February 16, 1994. His family is of Ukrainian descent, and he grew up speaking Russian and Ukrainian, as well as English. He started ballet at the age of five and is also a concert pianist. He was the overall Junior division winner of the America Grand Prix International World Ballet Competition in 2007, and the overall winner in the Pre-Competitive division in 2006. He was the youngest male dancer admitted to the San Diego Academy of Ballet Junior Company..
On April 22, 2008 in a press launch in New York, Kulish was announced as one of three boys to play Billy Elliot as a member of the Broadway original cast of the musical Billy Elliot the Musical, along with David Álvarez and Trent Kowalik. Kulish performed in the musical's first preview performance on October...
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