Altynai Asylmuratova

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Altynai Asylmuratova
Алтынай Асылмұратова
Ballerina
(1978–2000), ballet teacher (2000–present)
Years active1978–2000
SpouseKonstantin Zaklinsky
ChildrenAnastasia Zaklinskaya (b. 1993)

Altynai Abduakhimkyzy Asylmuratova (

Kirov Ballet and a guest artist all over the world.[2]

Biography

Early life

Altynai Asylmuratova was born in

Leningrad Choreographic School. Her father, Abduakhim Asylmuratov, honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR, was a soloist of the Abay Opera House, after – the artistic director of the Almaty choreographic school. Her grandfather was the chief choreographer of the Kazakh National Conservatory, and her paternal great-grandfather was a deputy of the State Duma (Russian Empire)
of the first convocation.

Her mother, Galina Sidorova, was originally from Leningrad, where her parents danced on the stage in the 1920s and 30s. After graduating from college, Galina Sidorova married a military man, during World War II on the Eastern Front. Together with Galina Sidorova's parents, Galina was evacuated to Almaty. There Galina began to dance in the ballet troupe of the Abay Opera House and, having divorced her first husband, married Abduakhim Asylmuratov. After the end of the war, Galina Sidorova stayed in Almaty, where Altynai was born.

Altynai spent her childhood behind the scenes of the theater. She loved to dance, but her mother, knowing the difficulties of the profession, did not want to send her child to a ballet school. Altynai was sent to Leningrad for the entrance exams to the

Leningrad Choreographic School
only thanks to the persistence of her grandmother and grandfather.

Ballet career

Asylmuratova graduated in 1978 in the class of

Royal Ballet
from 1989 to 1993.

Asylmuratova became more popular in Western theaters than in those of her home country due to her frequent guest appearances abroad, including

Mikhail Fokine pieces such as The Firebird and Les Sylphides, as well as modern classics like Romeo and Juliet, works by choreographer George Balanchine and Roland Petit. Among Asylmuratova's partners were dancers Konstantin Zaklinsky, Farukh Ruzimatov, Evgenii Neff, Igor Zelensky, Makhar Vaziev (in St. Petersburg), Irek Mukhamedov (in London), and Jan Brex (in Marseille
).

Videos of her dancing in Le Corsaire, La Bayadère, Les Sylphides, and The Sleeping Beauty are available. In addition, Asylmuratova was the subject of a 1982 documentary Backstage at the Kirov which followed her as she prepared to dance the lead in Swan Lake.

In 1999, she received the St. Petersburg theater award "

Mariinsky Theater. In the same year, at the peak of her career, Asylmuratova left the stage and took up teaching at her alma mater, the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet
.

In 2000 she was appointed artistic director of the Vaganova Academy.

In 2002 and again in 2012, she was a juror of

Benois de la Danse. In 2003, she was a juror of the international competition Le Prix de Lausanne (Switzerland), and was repeatedly a juror of the Dance Open (St. Petersburg
).

In 2013, Asylmuratova was forced to resign from her position at Vaganova after the new rector, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, was appointed by the Ministry of Culture. She was immediately invited to work at the

Mikhailovsky Theater, where from 13 December 2013 to March 2014, she was an adviser to the General Director for ballet.[4] In 2015, Asylmuratova became artistic director of ballet at Astana Opera, Kazakhstan. In 2016 Nursultan Nazarbaev hired her as rector of the Kazakhstan Academy of Choreography.[5][6]

Creative work

Repertoire

Mariinsky Theatre

The Royal Ballet

Paris Opera

Ballet National de Marseille

Filmography

Recognition

References

  1. ^ "Театр оперы и балета «Астана Опера»". astanaopera.kz. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. ^ Taylor, Jeffery (6 April 2003). "Altynai Asylmuratova and the Vaganova Academy". Ballet Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Asylmuratova, Altynai". Ballerina Gallery. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  4. ISSN 0261-3077
    .
  5. ^ "Распоряжением Главы государства Асылмуратова Алтынай Абдуахимовна назначена ректором Казахской национальной академии хореографии — Официальный сайт Президента Республики Казахстан". www.akorda.kz. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Nursultan Nazarbayev opened Choreography Academy in Astana – Новости Казахстана – свежие, актуальные, последние новости об о всем". www.kazpravda.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 25 July 2017.

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