Without a qualifying round, Kateryna was invited to be part of an already established gymnastics group at the local youth center – the Palace of Pioneers.

After just two years of studies, Kateryna was awarded a diploma of the 2nd Ukrainian Festival of Arts «Всі ми діти твої, Україно».

At the age of 16, Kateryna made her first appearance as Masha in the "Nutcracker" ballet at the Bunka Kaikan Concert Hall in Japan.

Valeriy Petrovich Kovtun, the choreographer who was working in Japan at that time, trusted the young ballerina to play the part.

In 1999, she graduated with high honors and distinction from Kyiv State Ballet School under the tutelage of the principal, Tatyana Alekseevna Tayakina, the People's Artiste of the USSR.

In the course of her career, Kateryna Kukhar has had support and collaboration of the following ballet teachers, People's Artistes of Ukraine and the USSR: Valery Kovtun, Lyudmila Smorgacheva, Nikolai Pryadchenko, Eleonora Steblyak, Raisa Hilko, Elvira Tarasova, Abdyev Recepmyrat.

Among Kateryna's ballet partners are Aleksandr Stoyanov, Leonid Sarafanov, Joseph Gatti, Bakhtiyar Adamjan, Eris Nezha, a principal dancer at the Paris Opéra Garnier, Quer Jérémy-Loup; a principal dancer at Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Coviello.

After Serge Lifar, Kateryna Kukhar was the first Ukrainian ever to be invited to Paris Ballet Conservatory to be a member of the jury at the state exam.

In 2020 and 2021, Kateryna Kukhar was invited to take the honorary post of a member of the selection committee at the country's first theater, the National Opera of Ukraine.

In 2016, they participated in the Mayan Culture Festival in Mexico along with the principal dancers of the Deutsche Oper Berlin\Berlin Opera, the Bolshoi Theater and the New York City Ballet.

Among Aleksandr Stoyanov's dance partners are Kateryna Kukhar, Yana Salenko, Anna Nikulina, Petra Conti and many others.

His ballet soirées, fundraisers and charitable events, festivals and first night openings bring real magic and inspiration.