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Altynai Asylmuratova

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Altynai Asylmuratova – ballet dancer and ballet teacher, Prima Ballerina of the Mariinsky Theatre, guest Prima Ballerina of Royal Opera House (Covent Garden) and Ballet National de Marseille; People’s artist of Russia, Artistic director of the ballet company of the State Opera and Ballet Theatre «Astana Opera», rector of Kazakh national academy of choreography, a graduate of the Leningrad choreographic school named after A. Vaganova (I.B. Zubkovskaya’s class).

Since 1978 — prima-ballerina of the Kirov State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet (nowadays — the Mariinsky Theatre), performed the leading parties of the classical repertoire.
1989 — 1993 – guest Prima Ballerina with Royal Opera House (Covent Garden), London, England.
1995 — 1997 — guest Prima Ballerina with Ballet National de Marseille troupe of Roland Petit (Marseille, France). She has toured in La Scala Theatre, Grand Opera, American ballet theater.
1999-2013 — was Artistic director, Vice rector of the Vaganova Ballet Academy, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.
2013 – was appointed  Adviser of the General director of Mikhailovsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation.
2015 – was appointed Artistic director of the ballet company at “Astana Opera” theatre, Astana, Kazakhstan.
2016 – was appointed Rector of the Kazakh National Academy of Choreography, Astana, Kazakhstan.

AWARDS
1983 – Honoured artist of RSFSR
1995 – laureate of prestigious theatre award «EveningStandard»
1998 – Laureate of “Baltika” theatre award
1999 – Laureate of “Golden Soffit” award
2001 – People’s artist of Russia
2013 – Holder of “Friendship” award
2016 – Holder of “Parasat” order (Order of Nobility)
2020 – “25 year of the Assembly of people of Kazakhstan” Anniversary medal
2020 – “25 year of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan” Anniversary medal

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