Ramazan Bapov
Ramazan Bapov | |
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Рамазан Бапов | |
| Born | 16 August 1947 Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | March 11, 2014 (aged 66) Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Academy of Choreography |
| Occupation(s) | Kazakh ballet dancer, ballet master, choreographer |
| Years active | 1967 |
| Spouse | Lyudmila Rudakova |
| Children | Julia Bapova |
| Awards | Order of the Badge of Honour |
Ramazan Salyquly Bapov[a] (August 16, 1947 – March 11, 2014) was a Kazakh and Soviet ballet master[1] and dancer, choreographer and educator. People’s Artist of the USSR (1979).[citation needed]
Biography
[edit]Born to a simple working family around Almaty-1 station on August 16, 1947, Ramazan graduated with honors from Moscow State Academy of Choreography at the Bolshoi Theatre in 1966.[2]
While still a student, Ramazan Bapov was awarded prizes of USSR-wide Ballet Artist Competition in Moscow and 2 international competitions in Varna.[3]
Upon his return to Alma-Ata in 1967, Bapov became a soloist at The Kazakh Opera and Ballet Theater after Abay.[4] He was invited to Moscow to train undr Alexander Rudenko, Aleksey Varlamov and Asaf Messerer. Bapov performed around the world as a member of a Moscow-founded ballet company composed of international competition winners. Thus he worked for 2 institutions, polishing his skills at the Bolshoi and practicing at Abay Opera House.[5] He toured a lot in Denmark, Sweden and Finland, Syria and Jordan, India and Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore, among other countries.[6]
Ramazan Bapov was awarded the distinction of the People's Artist of the USSR in 1979, the only Kazakhstani dancer to receive such a lofty title.[7] As he finished to perform on stage, Bapov obtained a degree in Ballet Staging from Rimsky-Korsakov Leningrad Conservatory in 1986 and two years later joined State Opera and Ballet in Istanbul (Turkey),[8] where he taught a male ballet class.[9] In 1994, when Bapov took his Turkish students to an international competition in Varna, Bulgaria, he met his old friend Pavel Rotaru, a Romanian ballet dancer, who invited him to the USA. Ramazan spent 13 years in Atlanta State of Georgia, running his own ballet school for 140 students,[10] some of whom took first prizes in US national competitions.
Following President Nazarbayev’s invitation in 2007, Bapov returned to Kazakhstan and headed the ballet division of Abay Opera House.[11] In his twilight years Ramazan Bapov worked as a choreography advisor and professor at Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts.[12] Anna Tsoi, Damir Urazymbetov, Oryngul Nurzhankyzy and others were among his students. Ramazan spoke Russian, Turkish, English and French.[13] He died on March 11, 2014, and was buried in the Kensai Cemetery in Almaty.[14]
Repertoire
[edit]A selected list of ballet performances
[edit]- Frondoso — Laurencia A. Krein
- Young Man — Aliya by Mansur Sagatov
- Hooligan — The Lady and the Hooligan by D. Shostakovich
- Vaslav — The Fountain of Bakhchisarai by B. Asafyev
- Solor — La Bayadère by L. Minkus
- Basil — Don Quixote by L. Minkus
- Albert — Giselle by A. Adam
- Kozy — Kozy Korpesh and Bojan Sulu by Y. Brusilovsky
- Siegfried — Swan Lake by P. Tchaikovsky
- Tayo — The Legend of the White Bird by G. Zhubanova
- Pulcinella — Pulcinella by Igor Stravinsky inspired by G. Pergolesi
- Romeo — Romeo and Juliet by S. Prokofiev
- Spartacus — Spartacus by A. Khachaturian
- Désiré — The Sleeping Beauty by P. Tchaikovsky
- Ishpaka — Frescoes by Т. Mynbayev
Family
[edit]- Ramazan Bapov’s wife Lyudmila Rudakova (1937), formerly a prima ballerina of Abay Opera House, now teaches at Almaty Choreographic School named after Alexander Seleznev and Abay Opera House . Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR.[15]
- His daughter Yulia Bapova (1969), is a pianist and correpetitor at Istanbul Opera Bale (Turkey).[16][17]
Legacy
[edit]- A monument to Ramazan Bapov by sculptors Eduard Kazaryan and Kairzhan Tokishev was unveiled in Kensai on August 5, 2015.[18]
- A street in Almaty was named after Ramazan Bapov in 2022.[19]
- On July 8, 2022, a plaque was put up on the wall of the house at Nazarbayev Avenue (formerly Furmanov Av.), 116 where Bapov lived between 1977 and 2014 to commemorate his 75th anniversary.[20][11] Altai Beysenov’s plaque shows Bapov in his roles in Spartacus and Giselle.[21]\
Awards and honours
[edit]- 1966 — 2nd diploma winner in the Varna International Ballet Competition[22]
- 1968 — Awardee of the USSR-wide Ballet Artist Competition in Moscow[23]
- 1970 — Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
- 1971 — Recipient of the Order of the Badge of Honour[24]
- 1973 — Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR[25]
- 1974 — 3rd award of the Varna International Ballet Competition[22]
- 1976 — State Award of the Kazakh SSR[26]
- 1976 — People’s Artist of the Kazakh SSR
- 1979 — People's Artist of the USSR[21]
- 1980 — Lenin Komsomol Prize for excellence in performance
Notes
[edit]References
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- ^ "Рамазан Бапов". egemen.kz (in Kazakh). 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
- ^ "Рыцарь танца". nomad.su (in Russian). 2007-12-07. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ "Балет как зеркало современности". kazpravda.kz (in Russian). 2015-05-28. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ "75-летию со дня рождения выдающегося казахстанского танцовщика Рамазана Бапова был посвящен балет "Спартак"". kazpravda.kz (in Russian). 2022-12-02. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ^ "Әлемдік балет өнерінің шебері Рамазан Бапов атындағы балет залы ашылды". baq.kz (in Kazakh). 2022-11-16.
- ^ "Презентация книги Рамазан Бапов "Танец, длиною в жизнь"". sxodim.com (in Russian). 2017-12-05. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
- ^ "Рамазан Бапов: Я рожден не для войны". www.caravan.kz (in Russian). 2007-09-07. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
- ^ "Педагогические методы Рамазана Бапова в хореографическом искусстве (стамбульский период)". nbpublish.com (in Russian). 2019-03-03. doi:10.7256/2454-0625.2019.6.29125. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ^ "List of famous Kazakhs and popular Kazakh people". www.shymkent.info. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ a b "Алма-Ата и Алматы. Танец сквозь время". ratel.kz (in Russian). 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
- ^ "Рамазан Баповтың өнернамасы". egemen.kz (in Kazakh). 2022-11-17.
- ^ "Народный артист CCCР выдающийся Рамазан Бапов". proza.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ "Скончался народный артист балета Казахской ССР и СССР Рамазан Бапов". vlast.kz (in Russian). 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ "Рамазан и Людмила". archive.np.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ "Людмила Рудакова: "Я танцевала всегда!"". qazaqballet.kz (in Russian). 2022-08-27.
- ^ "Yuliya Bapova". www.operabale.gov.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ "Дань памяти". time.kz (in Russian). 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
- ^ ""Спартак" – балетный чемпион". kzaif.kz (in Russian). 2022-11-23. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
- ^ "В юбилейный год". dknews.kz (in Russian). 2022-07-19. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ^ a b "История любви на всю жизнь. Как народный артист СССР Рамазан Бапов стал легендой". baigenews.kz (in Russian). 2022-07-08. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ a b "Балет как зеркало современности". kazpravda.kz (in Russian). 2015-05-28. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ Радиосы, Азаттық (2012-03-28). "Рамазан Бапов онлайн-конференция өткізді". Азаттық Радиосы (in Kazakh). Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ^ "Рамазан Бапов". turkystan.kz (in Kazakh). 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ^ "Список народных артистов Казахской ССР". holest.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-08-07.
- ^ "Number one - Ramazan Bapov" (PDF). Kazakh National Academy of Choreography. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
