Vasyl Kyrylovych Avramenko (Ukrainian: ?????? ????????? ?????????; sometimes transcribed as Vasile) (1895–1981) was a Ukrainian actor, dancer, choreographer, balletmaster, director, and film producer, credited with spreading Ukrainian folk dance across the world.
Colourful, energetic, imaginative, and, quite often exasperating, he was an impresario greatly reminiscent of The Music Man.
For his unparalleled missionary zeal and his love of Ukrainian culture, he is considered by many to be the "Father of Ukrainian Dance".