Dinara Yessentayeva

Education

In 2005 graduated from the Almaty Choreographic College after A. Seleznev.

In 2012 graduated from the Kazakh National Academy of Arts after T. Zhurgenov (director-choreographer).

In 2014 graduated from the Kazakh National Academy of Arts after T. Zhurgenov (pedagogics of choreography, master of fine art sciences)

Work Experience

2005 - present - Leading Soloist of the Kazakh National Opera and Ballet Theatre after Abay.

Awards

• Laureate of the III prize at the International Ballet Competition, Tallinn, Estonia, 2014.

Repertoire

Princess Aurora (“The Sleeping Beauty” by P. I. Tchaikovsky)

Juliet (“Romeo and Juliet” by S. Prokofiev)

Odette - Odile, Russian Bride (“Swan Lake” by P. I. Tchaikovsky)

Anna Karenina (Boris Eifman's "Anna Karenina")

Giselle ("Giselle" by A. Adam)

Zobeida ("Schaherazade" by N. Rimsky-Korsakov)

Nikiya (“La Bayadere” by L. Minkus)

Maria (“The Fountain of Bakhchisarai” by B. Asafyev)

Marie (“The Nutcracker” by P. I. Tchaikovsky)

Conchita (“Juno and Avos” by A. Rybnikov)

Desdemona (“The Moor’s Pavane” by H. Purcell)

First soloist (“Serenade” by P. I. Tchaikovsky)

The Queen of the Dryads, Street Dancer (“Don Quixote” by L. Minkus)

Lovers (“Suite in ANTICO style” by A. Schnittke)

Rosetta (“Pulcinella” by I. Stravinsky)

Third Odalisque (“Le Corsaire” by A. Adam)

"Chopiniana"