ALPIYEVA Leila Tursunbekovna

Biography

20.09.1974, Alma-Ata.

Ballet dancer, teacher. Honored Artist of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1998). Laureate of International Ballet Competitions.

1984-1992 - student of the A.V. Seleznev ACS, teachers: K. M. Zhakipova, R. M. Kurpesheva, B. G. Ayukhanov, R. I. Ungarova.

1993-1998 - student of the Higher School of Choreography (T. Zhurgenov KazNAA), specialty "Choreography Directing", studio of B. G. Ayukhanov .

1992-1994 - soloist of the SCDE RK headed by B. Ayukhanov, made her debut in pas- de- deux from the ballet of L. Minkus "Don Quixote", took part in all ballet performances and concert programs of the group.

1994-2012 - ballet soloist, leading ballerina of the Abay SAOBT, made her debut during the theater's tour in China as Odile ("Swan Lake"). Repertoire: Kitri ("Don Quixote"), Paquita ("Paquita"), Gulnara, Medora ("Le Corsaire"), Giselle ("Giselle"), Sylphide ("La Sylphide"), Shirin ("Legend of Love"), Maria (“The Fountain of Bakhchisarai”), Aegina (“Spartacus”), Odette-Odile (“Swan Lake”), Aurora (“Sleeping Beauty”), Masha (“The Nutcracker”), Bacchante (“Walpurgis Night”).

1996-1997, 1999-2000 - leading soloist of the Slovak National Theater (Bratislava, Slovakia). The first leading role was Kitri ("Don Quixote"). Repertoire: Masha ("The Nutcracker"), Kitri ("Don Quixote"), Paquita ("Paquita"), (modern ballet "Children of the Titanic", choreographed by Jacques d'Amboise). The viewers from around the world enthusiastically welcomed the dancer in the famous choreographic humoresque "Secretary" staged by B. Ayukhanov.

2006-2007 - teacher of the choreographic disciplines ("Theory and methods of teaching classical dance", "Choreographic heritage") at the T. Zhurgenov KazNAA.

2009-2011 - Classical dance teacher at Italia Conte Academy of Arts, Studio Danceworks (London, UK).

2012 - opened the Fouetté Ballet School in Hong Kong, and in 2022 in Australia. Her students continue their studies at the Ballet schools around the world (London, Toronto, Madrid and Milan), MSAC.

Awards: Laureate of the IBC "Maya-94: (Maya Plisetskaya Special Prize, St. Petersburg, RF, 1994); Laureate of the R. Nureyev IBC (III Prize, Budapest, Hungary, 1996); Laureate of the IBC in Varna (III Prize (Bulgaria, 1996); Laureate of the International Ballet Festival "Ulanova Prize" (Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2000); Medal for the contribution to the culture of Slovakia, certificate and jewelry (1999), Laureate of the "Tarlan" independent award in the nomination "Theater", Degree of recognition "New Name - the Hope" (2000).

Bibliography

• Personal correspondence Mussinova A.A. with Leila Alpieva.
• Жумасеитова Г.Т. Хореография Казахстана. Период независимости: монография. – Алматы: «Жибек жолы», 2014. – 220 с. ISBN 978-601-294-210-1.
• Photos of Alexey Nekrasov, Vladimir Akulenko, Turar Kelmagambetov and personal photographs provided by Leyla Alpiyeva from her personal archive.

Links

• Косенов А. Лейла Альпиева: «Балет – жестокое искусство» – Алматы, 2009. – Адрес URL: https://tengrinews.kz/news/leylaalpievabalet-jesto... (Дата обращения 26.03.2022).