IMANKULOVA Markhaba Sadvakasovna

Biography

IMANKULOVA Markhaba Sadvakasovna (27.12.1927 - 29.10.1999, Petropavlovsk, North Kazakhstan region) - dancer. Honored Artist of the KazSSR (1966).

She gained her first skills of professional education in choreographic studio in qualification “Artist of acrobatic genre”), teacher L.K. Deinar-Kamskaya.

After graduating from the studio in 1945, she gradually began to perform folk dances, performed in small villages, on the field camps of virgin land state farms, improvised rural and metropolitan scenes. She constantly worked hard and improved her performing technique. She learned much from the lessons of her beloved teacher, People's Artist of Kazakhstan Sh. Zhienkulova. Possessing natural outstanding grace and plasticity, musical abilities and imagination, in performing various dances she won the hearts of the viewers with sparkling, dynamic movements and harmony of feelings.

She took part in the dance program of the VI International Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow (1957). The significant event in the life of the dancer was the invitation to the professional team, namely the ensemble of Shara Zhienkulova, for participation in the decade of literature and art of Kazakhstan in Moscow (1958).

Awards: Laureate of the VI World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow (1957); Honorary Diploma of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (1958); Honorary citizen of Petropavlovsk city (1991).