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Tamilla Shiraliyeva

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Tamilla Shiraliyeva
Tamilla Xudadat qızı Şirəliyeva
Born (1946-12-08) 8 December 1946 (age 77)
NationalityAzerbaijani
Occupation(s)Actress, Ballet Master
AwardsPeople's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSRUSSR State PrizeShohrat Order

Tamilla Shiraliyeva (born 8 December 1946) is an Azerbaijani actress and ballet master. She was named the People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic in 1978. Shiraliyeva was also a recipient of the USSR State Prize in 1980 and a Shohrat Order in 2006.

Biography[edit]

Shiraliyeva was born on 8 December 1946 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union (now Azerbaijan).[1] She graduated from the Baku Choreographic College in 1964. She later attended the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in 1968.[2]

Career[edit]

Shiralieyeva began her career as a soloist in 1964 for the ballet troupe of the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater,[2] performing in several pieces including Ashraf Abbasov's Chernushka and Fikret Amirov's One Thousand and One Nights. She retired from ballet dancing in 1989; she became a teacher and choreographer the following year.[3]

In 2001, Shiralieyeva was the producer-choreographer in the revival of Tofig Bakikhanov's Caspian Ballad at the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, which premiered on 4 November 2001.[4][5]

She has directed, choreographed, or managed several pieces including Tofig Bakikhanov's Good and Evil,[6] and Joseph Mazilier's Paquita.[7] On 13 July 2007 Shiralieyeva directed in a special showing of Agshin Alizadeh's Tour of the Caucuses to celebrate his 70th birthday.[8] She also choreographed a ballet based upon Niyazi's Rast for the Silk Road Music Festival in July 2014.[9]

Awards[edit]

Shiraliyeva was named a Meritorious Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1970. In 1978, she was titled the People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.[1] Shiraliyeva also received the USSR State Prize in 1980 for her role as Scheherazade in One Thousand and One Nights.[2]

In 2006, Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev thanked Shiraliyeva for her contributions to ballet and awarded her with a Shohrat Order.[10] She also received an honorary diploma from the Baku Choreographic Academy for her work at the academy.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Huseynova, Afag. "Магистр Хореографического Искусства". Creative Women Association (in Russian). Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "В балетной школе перемены – ФОТО". 1News (in Russian). 6 June 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Bakıdkı tarixi abidələrin siyahısınıhazırlamaq üçün komissiya yaradılıb". www.anl.az (in Azerbaijani). 9 December 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  4. ^ "9.4 Caspian Ballad Lives Again". Azerbaijan International. Baku. 2001. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  5. ^ "XƏZƏR BALLADASI". Musiqi Dunyasi. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  6. ^ ""Xeyi̇r Və Şər" Baleti̇nə İcti̇mai̇ Baxiş Olmuşdur". Azertag (in Azerbaijani). 25 February 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Paquita ballet to be premiered in Baku". Today.az. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  8. ^ "70 yaşın "Qafqaza səyahət"i". hafta.az (in Azerbaijani). Baku. 6 June 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  9. ^ Orujova, Nigar (2 July 2014). "Music festival "Silk Road" opens with Azerbaijan's ballet". Baku. AzerNews. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  10. ^ "President Aliyev awards Tamilla Shiraliyeva". Today.az. 8 December 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Bakı Xoreoqrafiya Akademiyasında görkəmli Azərbaycan balet ustasının yubileyi qeyd edilib". Bakı Xoreoqrafiya Akademiyası (in Azerbaijani). Baku. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2018.