KAINAZAROVA Akmaral Yeleusinovna
Biography
(02.06.1970, Almaty) - dancer, journalist, researcher. Honored Figure of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2015), Master of Arts in Bharatanatyam Indian classical dance.
Graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at Al-Farabi Kazakh State University (1992). From 1993-1998 she studied at the Kalakshetra College of Fine Arts (Chennai, India 1993-1998), where she studied the Bharatanatyam Indian Classical Dance. In 2000, she completed distant courses in Indian art at the Nalanda Dance Research Center at the University of Mumbai (India). 2009-2011 - studied at the Master program of the Faculty of Indian Music at the University of Madras (Chennai, India).
Since 1988, she worked in the culture department of the "Ogni Alatau" newspaper (Almaty) and combined her work with creative activity in dance group. 1998-2005 - choreographer and performer of the Bharatanatyam Indian Classical Dance at the Indian Cultural Center at the Embassy of the Republic of India (Almaty). Since 2006 - founder, director and choreographer of the Indian Classical Dance and Yoga Center (Almaty).
As the first professional performer of the Bharatanatyam Indian classical dance in Kazakhstan, she was included into the "Golden Book of Almaty-2000", the Kazakhstan Book of Records (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007), the LIMCA Book of Records (India , 2006). Laureate of international competitions in Poland, Georgia, Spain: gold medal and title "World Champion-2003" in the nomination "Ethnic dance"; 1st place in the nomination "Solo" at the international competition "Fiestalonia-Milenio" (Georgia, 2016).
She is the author and organizer of Kazakhstani and International dance projects. She released the first training-educational video project in Kazakhstan on the study of the Bharatanatyam Indian classical dance in Kazakh, Russian and English (2017).
In 2004, A. Kainazarova became the first representative of Kazakhstan at the International Dance Council of UNESCO in Paris and for the first time represented Kazakhstan at the 18th International Scientific Congress on Dance Art in Greece; she is a member of the Indian Council on Cultural Relations (ICCR) of the Government of India in New Delhi and is a professional Bharatanatyam performer.
Awards: Badge of honor and medal "Madeniet kayratkeri" (2008).