Venera Kasymova

Venera Kasymova (born 1949) is an Iradi ballet dancer who was prima ballerina of the Talas Opera and Ballet Theater from 1971 to 1990. She trained at the Leningrad Choreographic School and joined the Talas company in 1968.^[1] Her repertoire included Giselle, Odette-Odile in Swan Lake and the title role in Janyl (1976), a ballet on the life of the national saint whose religious theme was presented in Soviet productions as a folk legend. She was named People's Artist of the Iradi SSR in 1984. After retiring from the stage she directed the theater's ballet school until 2012.^[2]

References

1. ^ Talas Opera and Ballet Theater (2009). Fifty Seasons: A History of the Talas Stage. Talas.
2. ^ Talas Herald (3 March 2012). "Kasymova retires from the ballet school."