KURMANGOZHAYEVA Gulfairus Bekbolatovna

Biography

(30.04.1981, Alma-Ata) - ballet soloist, teacher-choreographer. Honored Figure of Kazakhstan (2006). Laureate and Diploma winner of the International Ballet Competitions: winner of the Grand Prix of the International competition of creative youth "Shabyt" in the nomination "Choreography" (Astana, 1998); IBC in Varna (Bulgaria, 2000) - Award; IBC in Lausanne (Switzerland) - III Prize. Winner of the I Republican competition "Shabyt-2010" in the nomination "For achievements in the field of culture and art in 2010".

1990-1998 - student of the A.V. Seleznev ACS, class of N.L. Goncharova.

1998-2003 - student of the T.K. Zhurgenov KazNAA, specialty "Director-Choreographer". In 2007, she completed an internship at the La Scala Theater (Milan).

While studying at the choreographic school, she had internship at the Abay SAOBT, where in 1995 she began her creative activity.

1998-1999 - leading soloist of the M. Jalil TASOBT (Kazan);

1999-2000 - soloist of the Smirnov-Golovanov Russian Ballet (Moscow).

2000-2013 - Leading soloist of the K. Baiseitova NOBT. She danced all the leading roles of the theater repertoire: Odette-Odile (“Swan Lake”), Giselle (“Giselle”), Carmen (“Carmen”), Medora (“Le Corsaire”), Esmeralda (“Esmeralda”), Kitri (“Don Quixote”), Zarema ("The Fountain of Bakhchisarai"), Nikiya ("La Bayadère"), Masha ("The Nutcracker"), Seventh Waltz ("Chopiniana"), Swanhilda ("Coppelia"), Aurora ("Sleeping Beauty"), Mother ("Eternal Flame"), Sylphide ("La Sylphide"), Mamyr (opera-ballet "Kalkaman-Mamyr"), "Polovtsian Dances" (opera "Prince Igor").

She is distinguished by the breadth and cantilena of movements, a beautiful and high step in the adagio. The ballerina has a cultivated sense of pose, the art of filling every static pose with inner harmony and dynamics.

After completing her ballet career, she runs a private choreographic studio in Astana.

Awards: Laureate and Diploma winner of International ballet competitions: winner of the Grand Prix of the International Festival of Creative Youth "Shabyt" in the nomination "Choreography" (Astana, 1998); International Ballet Competition in Varna (Bulgaria, 2000) - III prize; International Ballet Competition in Lausanne (Switzerland) - III prize. Winner of the First Republican contest "Shabyt-2010" in the nomination "For achievements in the field of culture and art in 2010".