ESEKEYEV Abdirakul Nazhimadinul

Biography

(08.06.1973, Shalkar district, Aktobe region) - dancer, choreographer. Holder of the "Kurmet" Order (2018).

Graduated from the choreography department of the Orenburg School of Culture (1988-1991), teacher N. A. Afanasiev; M. Auezov South Kazakhstan State University (1997-2001).

1990-2006 - ballet dancer of the "Saltanat" State Dance Ensemble. In 2007 at the State Philharmonic Society of the Akimat of Astana organized the folk dance ensemble "Shalkyma" and is its permanent leader.

The creative concept of the "Shalkyma" ensemble is to preserve dance heritage of the Kazakh dance and popularize dance culture of the peoples of the world. His productions are very successful: "Kosalka" to the music by Dauletkerei; "Shattyk" (comp. T. Iztayev); Tatar dance "Sekirmek, tik turmas" (music by O. Yultayeva); "Russian round dance" (music by D. Ivanov); "Yapurai" (folk song "Yapurai"); Bashkir dance "Zaripa" (folk music). The choreographic miniature "Akku" to the folk melody "Daididau" staged by A. Esekeyev is included into the repertoire of Moscow State Academic Dance Ensemble "Gzhel" (2018). He is the production choreographer of T. Zharmukhamet's opera "Domalak Ana" at the Opera and Ballet Theatre (Shymkent, 2018).

The ensemble "Shalkyma" under the leadership of A. Esekeyev represented the dance art of Kazakhstan in many CIS countries and abroad: Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg), Bashkortostan (Neftekamsk, Ufa), Afghanistan (Kabul, Kandahar), Korea, Germany (Munich, Bitburg, Frankfurt, Berlin), China (Shanghai, Beijing), Turkey (Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, Adana), France (Paris), Oman.

Awards: Badge "Madeniet kairatkeri" (2003); Laureate of Sh. Zhienkulova II Republican competition of the Kazakh dance (2001), Laureate of the I Russian Competition of Ballet Master's Works "Platform of Folk Dance" in Moscow State Academic Dance Theater "Gzhel" (2017); Laureate of the choreographic competition "GODENKODANCE" ("Let's dance Godenko!" 2018).