SUSHKOV Dmitry Valentinovich

Biography

09.07.1975, Balkhash sity.

Ballet dancer, teacher-tutor. Honored Figure of Kazakhstan (2002), Laureate of the Prize of the Foundation of the First President-Leader of the Nation N.A. Nazarbayev (2016), Member of The International Dance Council (CID) (UNESCO Council for International Dance).

1985-1993 – student of the A.V. Seleznev Almaty Choreographic School, teachers: A.T. Alisheva, M.P. Adyrkhayev, U.A. Mirseidov. Diploma with honor.

During the study period, he participated in the International Festivals of Choreographic Schools: Perm, Russia (1989), Minsk, Belarus (1990), Diploma Winner of the II A.V. Seleznev International Ballet Festival, Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan (1991). As part of the students group and the delegation of Kazakhstan, he took part in a tour: Switzerland, the Principality of Liechtenstein (1990-1991).

1997-2001 – student of T. K. Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts, specialty "Teacher-Choreographer".

1992-2022 – leading soloist of the Abay SAOBT. On December 11, 1992, as a graduate student and the intern of the ballet troupe, made his debut on the stage of the theater as the Prince in the ballet "The Nutcracker" (Masha - Maria Eichwald, teacher-tutor R. Kh. Baiseitova). In the same year, on the eve of the final exams, he danced the role of Siegfried in the ballet "Swan Lake" (Odette-Odile - Maria Eichwald, teacher-tutor R. Kh. Baiseitova).

Repertoire: Prince, Mouse King, Spanish Dance, Four Cavaliers ("The Nutcracker"), Prince Siegfried, Rothbart, pas- de - trois, Mentor ("Swan Lake"), Prince Desire, Four Suitors ("The Sleeping Beauty"), Albert, Hans ("Giselle"), Conrad ("Le Corsaire”, choreographer V. Vladimirov), Ahmed- the Slave Trader (first performance, "Le Corsaire", choreographer V. Vladimirov), Basil, Espada, Gypsy Dance, Don Quixote ("Don Quixote"), Cavaliere ("Paquita"), Young man ("Chopiniana"), Crassus, Spartacus ("Spartacus"), James ("La Sylphide"), Vaslav, Khan Girey, Krakovyak -center ("The Fountain of Bakhchisarai"), Vizier (first performance, "Legend of Love"), Count Rezanov ("Juno and Avos"), Paolo ("Francesca da Rimini"), Ishpaka ("Frescoes"); José (first performance, "Carmen Suite"), Moor Othello ("The Moor's Pavane"), First Man (first performance, "Time “RE"); The owner of the brothel (first performance, "The Miraculous Mandarin"), Balda ("Russian Fairy Tale"), Capulet - father (first performance "Romeo and Juliet"), Chekist ("Red Giselle"), Karenin (first performance "Anna Karenina ”), Konchak (first performance, Scene “Polovtsian Camp” from the opera “Prince Igor”), Bacchus (Scene “Walpurgis Night” from the opera "Faust"), Gypsy dance (“The Lady of the Camellias”), Soloist in the Triumphal March (Opera "Aida"), The Human (first performance, "Cosmos of the Soul"), Pierrot (first performance, "Theater of Masques"), Zeus (first performance, "Triumph of Athena"), Aspantai (first performance, "Tlep and Sarykyz"), Patriarch (first performance, "Adam"), Artist Sergei Kalmykov (first performance, "Metamorphoses of the Soul").

1998-2010 – guest leading soloist of the Modern Dance Theater "Samruk". Repertoire: Patriarch ("Zheztyrnak", choreography by G. Adamova), Mr. Smith ("The Bald Soprano”, choreography by N. Novikova).

2006-2012 – Senior Lecturer at the T. K. ZhurgenovKazakh National Academy of Arts.

2012-2019 – Associate professor of the Department of “Choreography Directing” at the T. K. ZhurgenovKazakh National Academy of Arts.

2012-2022 -– Dean of the Faculty of Choreography at the T. K. ZhurgenovKazakh National Academy of Arts.

2006-2020 – concert master -illustrator at the Kurmangazy Kazakh National Concervatory.

2012-2022 – teacher-tutor of the ballet troupe of the AbayKazakh National Opera and Ballet Theatre.

2023 – professor of the Department "Ballet Master's Art" at the at the T. K. ZhurgenovKazakh National Academy of Arts.

Participated in the International projects: master class in classical dance at the Korean National Sports University (Seoul, South Korea, November 9-16, 2015); master class in classical dance, Sangmyung Universiti (Seoul, South Korea, November 11-14, 2015); master class in classical and duet-classical dance as part of the external academic mobility "Erasmus +" at the National Academy of Dance (Rome, Italy, January 20 - February 1, 2020).

The author of scientific papers, including reports, articles; teaching manual for students of higher educational institutions «Основные виды поддержки дуэтно-классического танца» – "The main types of support for duet-classical dance" (Almaty: T. K. Zhurgenov KazNAA, 2018. - 200 p.); teaching manual «Композиция дуэтно-классического танца» – "Composition of duet-classical dance" (2023).

Awards: Jubilee medal to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Independence of the RK (2011), Medal of the Assembly of the Peoples of Kazakhstan "Birlik" (2020).

Bibliography

• Дамир Уразымбетов «Первая фотовыставка Дмитрия Сушкова «Мгновения танца» Интернет-журнал Qazaq Ballet. 29 мая 2018г. Адрес URL: https://qazaqballet.kz/main_articles/pervaja-fotovystavka-dmitrija-sushkova-mgnovenija-tanca/ (дата обращения: 7 декабря 2021 г.)
• Photos of Vladimir Akulenko from the archive of Abay KazNTOB.