Mukaram
Avakhri

Benois de la Danse nominee

Graduated from the Almaty Choreographic School named after A. Seleznev as a ballet dancer, and completed both bachelor's and master's degrees at the T. Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts as a choreographer-director and theater scholar.

From 2002 to 2013, she was a ballet dancer at the Abay Kazakh State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. Alongside her performing career, she actively collaborated with the K. Kuzhamyarov Republican Uyghur Musical Comedy Theater, where she staged several choreographic productions. She also taught at the Academy of Arts, leading courses in “Composition of Kazakh Dance“ and „Theory and Methodology of Teaching Eastern Dance.”

Her choreographic works include miniatures: Improvisation / Scythian Frescoes, Touch, Maiko, Swans, Scheherazade, The dream of Kyz-Zhibek, The Betrothed and Amazons, Eclipse (based on the music of R. Strauss). Participated in the opening ceremony of the Eurasia 2005 International Film Festival.

Since May 2017, he has been the Chief Choreographer of the Astana Ballet Theate, where she has staged: Zhusan, Carmen, The Language of Love, Salome, Sultan Beybars, Lasso of Fate, Silk Road. Her works have been shown abroad and have been highly appreciated by renowned choreographers and ballet critics. Mukarambayev's ballet and pedagogical work continues the traditions of the Kazakh ballet school.
Winner of the Umai National Award (2022) and the Kurmet Order (2024, for the ballet Sultan Beybars).