Galiya Bayazit gizi Izmaylova (12 February 1923, Tomsk – 2 October 2010, Tashkent) was an Uzbek and Soviet ballerina of

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

origin, ballet master, choreographer, teacher,

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...

(1962), laureate of the

Stalin Prize Stalin Prize may refer to: * The State Stalin Prize in science and engineering and in arts, awarded 1941 to 1954, later known as the USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, ...

II degree (1950).

Early life and education

Galiya Izmaylova was born on 12 February 1923 in Tomsk in a Tatar family. Izmaylova's father was repressed when she was nine years old. She left Tomsk with her mother after her father's death and from 1931 lived in Tashkent. Izmaylova began her dance career at the age of 11, and soon she was invited to the newly opened ballet school. In 1935, Izmaylova entered the Uzbek Republican Ballet School. In 1941, she was in the first graduation of the students of the ballet school. After graduation she entered the troupe of the Uzbek Opera and Ballet Theater in Tashkent. Izmaylova was the leading

prima ballerina A ballet dancer ( it, ballerina fem.; ''ballerino'' masc.) is a person who practices the art of classical ballet. Both females and males can practice ballet; however, dancers have a strict hierarchy and strict gender roles. They rely on yea ...

, performing leading roles in the theater troupe.

Career

In 1943, Izmaylova danced her first part – the main role of Semung in the Ak-Bilyak ballet. In 1944, she received the first recognition of the audience as a performer of Fergana and Tajik dances, performing at the concerts of the Second Decade of the musical art of Central Asia Republics (Tashkent). In 1947, at the World Festival of Youth and Students in Prague, Izmaylova received the first prize for the performance of the Uzbek (

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) dance called "Zang". In 1958, she graduated from the directing department of the Tashkent State Institute of Culture. Izmaylova has toured abroad (China, Romania, France, Great Britain, India, USA, etc.) as a performer of Uzbek folk dances, as well as Chinese, Arab, Indian, etc. Among the roles of Izmaylova are: Maria and Zarema (''

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'' by

Boris Asafiev Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev (russian: link=no, Бори́с Влади́мирович Аса́фьев; 27 January 1949) was a Russian and Soviet composer, writer, musicologist, musical critic and one of founders of Soviet musicology. He is the ...

, 1945, 1961), Gulnara (''The Ballerina'' by Georgi Mushel, 1949), Kitri (''

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, 1948, 1960, 1970), Tao Hoa (''

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'' by Reinhold Glier, 1949), Giselle (''

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'' by

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, 1957), Carmen (''

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, 1960), Nargiz (''The Kashmir Legend'' by Georgi Mushel, 1961), Juanita (''Don Juan'' by Leonid Feigin, 1964), Aegina (''

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'' by

Aram Khachaturian Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (; rus, Арам Ильич Хачатурян, , ɐˈram ɨˈlʲjitɕ xətɕɪtʊˈrʲan, Ru-Aram Ilyich Khachaturian.ogg; hy, Արամ Խաչատրյան, ''Aram Xačʿatryan''; 1 May 1978) was a Soviet and Armenian ...

, 1967), Gulaim (''Forty Girls'' by Leonid Feigin, 1967), Chundari (''Amulet of Love'' by Mukhtar Ashrafi, 1969), etc. In total she had 45 roles, 30 performances she staged as a choreographer. In 1963–1970, she was a deputy of the

Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR The Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR ( uz, Ўзбекистон ССР Олий Совети, Oʻzbekiston SSR Oliy Soveti; russian: Верховный Совет Узбекской ССР, Verkhovnyy Sovet Uzbekskoy SSR) was the supreme soviet ...

. Since 1977, Izmaylova was the chief choreographer of the Uzbek Opera and Ballet Theater named after I. Navoi in Tashkent. Galiya Izmaylova died on 2 October 2010 in Tashkent. She was buried at the Chigatay cemetery.

Awards and honors

In 1950, Galiya Izmaylova was a laureate of the

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...

. In 1951, Izmaylova was awarded a title of People's Artist of Uzbek SSR. Izmaylova was awarded two

Orders of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...

, including the one in 1959. In 1962, she was awarded a title of the

. In 1970, Izmaylova received State Prize of the Uzbek SSR named after I. Hamza. Izmaylova was also awarded a medal of Shukhrat (1997), an Order of Dustlik (1998), and an Order of Mehrat Shukhrati (2003). In 2012, a film "Galiya Izmaylova. Dance at the cost of life" was released.

References

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