Madina Basbaeva and Yerkin Rakhmatullayev in The Talisman pdd

Madina Basbaeva (Мадина Басбаева) and Yerkin Rakhmatullayev (Еркін Рахметоллаев, Еркин Рахматуллаев) in The Talisman pdd, music by Riccardo Drigo choreography by Marius Petipa. Shot on 22.5.2016, Astana Opera Ballet Gala. 

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Madina Basbaeva (Kaz. Мадина Басбаева) is Leading Soloist with Astana Opera Ballet. Madina was born in Almaty. In 2003 she graduated from A.V. Seleznev College of Choreography. From 2003 to 2013 she worked as a leading soloist of K. Baiseitova National Theatre of Opera and Ballet. Since 2013 she is a leading soloist of Astana Opera. Her teacher-repetiteur is Galiya Buribayeva. Madina Basbayeva is a guest soloist of Opera National de Bordeaux.

Yerkin Rakhmatullayev (Kz. Еркін Рахметоллаев, Rus. Еркин Рахматуллаев) is leading soloist with Astana Opera Ballet. He was born in Saryagash, South Kazakhstan. In 2011 he graduated from A.V. Seleznev College of Choreography. From 2012 to 2013 he was a coryphee of Konstantin Tachkin’s private ballet company. Since 2013 he is a soloist of Astana Opera.

Photos by Jack Devant Ballet Photography with kind permission of the Astana Opera, special thanks to Assel Nakupova and Yekaterina Romanova.