MUKATOVA Aizhan Sabitovna
Biography
(30.05.1986, Karaganda) – ballet dancer. Awarded with the honorary medal “Eren Enbegi Ushin” (2021).
1995-2003 – student of the A. V. Seleznev ACS, class of I. N. Gulyaeva. 2006 – graduated from the “Bolashak” Karaganda University in specialty “Culturology”. In 2023, she graduated from Master Program of Chelyabinsk University in specialty “Pedagogical Education”.
2003-2010 – ballet dancer of the K. Baiseitova NOBT. She performed a number of solo and leading roles in the ballets: “Swan Lake”, “The Nutcracker”, “Giselle”, “La Bayadère”, “Don Quixote”, “The Fountain of Bakhchisarai”, “Chopiniana”.
2007 – internship at La Scala Theater (Milan, Italy).
2010-2016 – worked at the B. Eifman Academic Theater (St. Petersburg, RF). Repertoire: “Anna Karenina”, “Red Giselle”, “Don Quixote”, “Russian Hamlet”, “Rodin”, “The Seagull”, “Beyond Sin”, “Requiem”, “Tchaikovsky PROetCONTRA”, etc.
2016 – leading soloist of the “Astana Ballet” theatre. Performer of premiere performances: Mekhmene Banu (“Legend of Love”, choreographed by Y. Grigorovich), Salome (“Salome”, choreographed by M. Avakhri), Natalia Satina – despair (“Touch of Illusion”), “Longing” (choreographed by R. Amarante), “Serenade”, “Capriccio for piano and orchestra” (choreographed by G. Balanchine), “In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated” (choreographed by W. Forsythe), “Contrasts” (choreography by R. Terranova), “Love’s lost idols” (choreography by N. Fonte), Stepmother (“Cinderella”, choreography by N. Kalinina), “Instinct” (choreography by D. Jonathan), “Fallen Angels” (choreography by J. Kylian), Carmen (“Carmen Suite”, choreography by A. Alonso). Also the repertoire includes the choreographic miniatures: “Eclipse”, “Illumination” (choreographer M. Avakhri).
Awards: Laureate of the II Prize of the International Youth Festival “Shabyt” (Astana, 2006)