Malika
Elchibayeva

Benois de la Danse nominee

Born in 1999. Graduated with honors from the A.V. Seleznev Choreographic College in Alma-Ata in 2017 and became a leading soloist of the Kazakh National Opera and Ballet Theater named after Abay.

Winner of the 2nd Prize of the XIV Moscow International Ballet Competition, 1st and 2nd prizes of the Өrleu competition, 2nd Prize of the Ak-kuu-2012 competition (Bishkek), Diploma winner of the International Competition in Seoul (2017). Winner of the UNESCO Prize.

Her repertoire includes: Odette-Odile, Big swans, the Russian bride (Swan Lake), Aurora and the Lilac Fairy (The Sleeping Beauty), Clara (The Nutcracker), Mekhmene Banu (Legend of Love), Carmen (Carmen Suite), Mirta (Giselle), Zarema (The Fountain of Bakhchisarai), The Queen of the Dryads (Don Quixote), Zobeid (Scheherazade), Medora (Le Corsaire), Aegina (Spartacus), Conchita (Junona and Avos), Shamkhat (Frescoes).

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