Altynai Abduakhimkyzy Asylmuratova (Kazakh: Рлтынай
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Abdýahımqyzy Asylmuratova; born 1 January 1961) is artistic director
of the ballet company at Astana Opera, and a former prima ballerina
with the Kirov Ballet/Mariinsky Theatre and a guest artist all over
the world.Asylmuratova was born in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan into a family
of dancers. The family relocated to St. Petersburg so Asylmuratova
could attend the Vaganova Choreographic Institute. After graduation
from the class of Inna Zubkovskaya, she joined the Kirov Ballet in
1978. After four years in the corps de ballet, she was promoted to
principal dancer in 1982.Asylmuratova became if anything more popular
in Western theaters than her "home" theater due to her frequent guest
appearances abroad, including Roland Petit's company. She was much
admired both for her looks and the beauty of her dancing. Her
repertoire included all the classical ballet rôles in Swan Lake, The
Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Don Quixote, and La Bayadère, Mikhail
Fokine pieces such as The Firebird and Les Sylphides, as well as
modern classics like Romeo and Juliet, works by choreographer George
Balanchine and Roland Petit. She is married to fellow Mariinsky dancer
Konstantin Zaklinsky and together they have a daughter, Anastasia
Zaklinskaya (born 1993), who is now a dancer in the Astana Opera. Her
most frequent ballet partner was Farukh Ruzimatov.Videos of her
dancing in Le Corsaire, La Bayadère, Les Sylphides, and The Sleeping
Beauty are available. In addition, Asylmuratova was the subject of a
1982 documentary Backstage at the Kirov which followed her as she
prepared to dance the lead in Swan Lake. Altynai Asylmuratova Biography, Weight & Height, Age, Nationality & Ethnicity
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