Kateryna Shalkina is the prima of the Béjart Ballet Lausanne troupe, one of the few contemporary dancers who has worked with Maurice Bejart himself. Bejart noticed her, a student of the Kyiv Choreographic School, at a competition in Lausanne. And then - offered a scholarship to his school "Rudra" and the first roles in ballets. Especially for Balletristic, the ballerina told how her career began, what are the features of working with Bejart, and why dancers are still interested in classics.