Ramazan Bapov
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| name = Ramazan Bapov
| native_name = Рамазан Бапов
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1947|8|16}}
| birth_place = Almaty, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|03|11|1947|08|16}}
| death_place = Almaty, Kazakhstan
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| alma_mater = Moscow State Academy of Choreography
| occupation = Kazakh ballet dancer, ballet master, choreographer
| years_active = 1967
| spouse = Lyudmila Rudakova
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| children = Julia Bapova
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Ramazan Salyquly Bapov{{efn|{{bulleted list|{{langx|kk|Рамазан Салықұлы Бапов|{{transliteration|kk|bgn/pcgn|Ramazan Salyquly Bapov}}}}|{{langx|ru|Рамазан Саликович Бапов|{{transliteration|ru|Ramazan Salikovich Bapov}}}}}}}} (August 16, 1947{{spaced ndash}}March 11, 2014) was a Kazakh and Soviet ballet master{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://www.zakon.kz/kultura-shoubiz/4916587-v-astana-opera-pokazhut-spartak-v-chest.html|title=В "Астана Опера" покажут "Спартак" в честь Рамазана Бапова|website=www.zakon.kz|date=2018-05-03|access-date=2024-10-01}} and dancer, choreographer and educator. People’s Artist of the USSR (1979).{{cn|date=November 2024}}
Biography
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.{{Cite web|language=kk|url=https://egemen.kz/article/30034-ramazan-bapov|title=Рамазан Бапов|website=egemen.kz|date=2014-03-12|access-date=2024-07-30}}
While still a student, Ramazan Bapov was awarded prizes of USSR-wide Ballet Artist Competition in Moscow and 2 international competitions in Varna.{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://nomad.su/?a=14-200712070521|title=Рыцарь танца|website=nomad.su|date=2007-12-07|access-date=2024-08-08}}
Upon his return to Alma-Ata in 1967, Bapov became a soloist at The Kazakh Opera and Ballet Theater after Abay.{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://kazpravda.kz/n/balet-kak-zerkalo-sovremennosti/|title=Балет как зеркало современности|website=kazpravda.kz|date=2015-05-28|access-date=2024-07-31}} 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.{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://kazpravda.kz/n/75-letiyu-so-dnya-rozhdeniya-vydayushchegosya-kazahstanskogo-tantsovshchika-ramazana-bapova-byl-posvyashchen-balet-spartak/|title=75-летию со дня рождения выдающегося казахстанского танцовщика Рамазана Бапова был посвящен балет "Спартак"|website=kazpravda.kz|date=2022-12-02|access-date=2024-08-01}} He toured a lot in Denmark, Sweden and Finland, Syria and Jordan, India and Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Singapore, among other countries.{{Cite web|language=kk|url=https://baq.kz/alemdik-balet-onerinin-sheberi-ramazan-bapov-atyndagy-balet-zaly-ashyldy-292000/|title=Әлемдік балет өнерінің шебері Рамазан Бапов атындағы балет залы ашылды|website=baq.kz|date=2022-11-16|access-date=}}
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.{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://sxodim.com/almaty/event/tanets-dlinoyu-v-zhizn|title=Презентация книги Рамазан Бапов "Танец, длиною в жизнь" |website=sxodim.com|date=2017-12-05|access-date=2024-07-30}} 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),{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://www.caravan.kz/gazeta/ramazan-bapov-ya-rozhden-ne-dlya-vojjny-49780/|title=Рамазан Бапов: Я рожден не для войны|website=www.caravan.kz|date=2007-09-07|access-date=2024-07-28}} where he taught a male ballet class.{{Cite journal|language=ru|url=https://nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=29125|title=Педагогические методы Рамазана Бапова в хореографическом искусстве (стамбульский период)|website=nbpublish.com|date=2019-03-03| doi=10.7256/2454-0625.2019.6.29125 |access-date=2024-07-23|doi-access=free}}
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,{{Cite web|language=en|url=https://www.shymkent.info/about-kazakhstan/list-of-famous-kazakhs-and-popular-kazakh-people/|title=List of famous Kazakhs and popular Kazakh people|website=www.shymkent.info|date=|access-date=2024-07-31}} 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.
In his twilight years Ramazan Bapov worked as a choreography advisor and professor at Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts.{{Cite web|language=kk|url=https://egemen.kz/article/328581-ramazan-bapovtynh-onernamasy|title=Рамазан Баповтың өнернамасы|website= egemen.kz|date=2022-11-17|access-date=}} Anna Tsoi, Damir Urazymbetov, Oryngul Nurzhankyzy and others were among his students. Ramazan spoke Russian, Turkish, English and French.{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://proza.ru/diary/yuri2008/2018-04-18|title=Народный артист CCCР выдающийся Рамазан Бапов|website=proza.ru|date=|access-date=2024-08-08}}
He died on March 11, 2014, and was buried in the Kensai Cemetery in Almaty.{{Cite web|language=ru|url= https://vlast.kz/novosti/skonchalsja_narodnyj_artist_baleta_kazahskoj_ssr_i_sssr_ramazan_bapov-4767.html |title=Скончался народный артист балета Казахской ССР и СССР Рамазан Бапов|website=vlast.kz|date=2014-03-12|access-date=2024-07-31}}
Repertoire
= A selected list of ballet performances =
- 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
- 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.{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://archive.np.kz/people/397-ramazan_i_ljudmila.html|title=Рамазан и Людмила|website=archive.np.kz|date=|access-date=2024-07-31}}
- His daughter Yulia Bapova (1969), is a pianist and correpetitor at Istanbul Opera Bale (Turkey).{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://qazaqballet.kz/main_articles/ljudmila-rudakova-ja-tancevala-vsegda/|title=Людмила Рудакова: "Я танцевала всегда!"|website=qazaqballet.kz|date=2022-08-27|access-date=}}{{Cite web|language=tr|url=https://www.operabale.gov.tr/tr-tr/Sayfalar/artistdetail.aspx?ArtistId=2958|title=Yuliya Bapova|website= www.operabale.gov.tr|date=|access-date=2024-07-31}}
Legacy
- A monument to Ramazan Bapov by sculptors Eduard Kazaryan and Kairzhan Tokishev was unveiled in Kensai on August 5, 2015.{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://time.kz/articles/grim/2015/08/10/44980-dan-pamjati |title=Дань памяти |website=time.kz|date=2015-08-10|access-date=2024-07-30}}
- A street in Almaty was named after Ramazan Bapov in 2022.{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://kzaif.kz/culture/spartak_baletnyy_chempion|title="Спартак" – балетный чемпион|website=kzaif.kz|date=2022-11-23|access-date=2024-07-25}}
- 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.{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://dknews.kz/ru/chitayte-v-nomere/245311-v-yubileynyy-god|title=В юбилейный год|website= dknews.kz|date=2022-07-19|access-date=2024-07-23}}{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://ratel.kz/outlook/alma_ata_i_almaty_tanets_skvoz_vremja?fbclid=IwY2xjawEVucdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHSVdEmtSfXlCF1knpRpR85agU9zi7Ci_l3YpIbeCmkFYZ6P_QfpJtnj1VQ_aem__VeKk4Tu-5KQg5pcvKLkcw |title=Алма-Ата и Алматы. Танец сквозь время |website=ratel.kz|date=2022-07-17|access-date=2024-07-13}} Altai Beysenov’s plaque shows Bapov in his roles in Spartacus and Giselle.{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://baigenews.kz/istoriya_lyubvi_ramazan_bapov_135065/|title=История любви на всю жизнь. Как народный артист СССР Рамазан Бапов стал легендой|website=baigenews.kz|date=2022-07-08|access-date=2024-07-31}}\
== Awards and honours ==
- 1966 — 2nd diploma winner in the Varna International Ballet Competition{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://kazpravda.kz/n/balet-kak-zerkalo-sovremennosti-t8/|title=Балет как зеркало современности|website=kazpravda.kz|date=2015-05-28|access-date=2024-08-02}}
- 1968 — Awardee of the USSR-wide Ballet Artist Competition in Moscow{{Cite news|language=kk|url= https://www.azattyq.org/a/kazakhstan_online_conference_with_a_well_known_kazakh_ballet_dancer_ramazan_bapov/24527462.html|title= Рамазан Бапов онлайн-конференция өткізді|newspaper=Азаттық Радиосы|date=2012-03-28|access-date=2024-08-08|last1= Радиосы|first1= Азаттық}}
- 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{{Cite web|language=kk|url=https://turkystan.kz/article/63411-ramazan-bapov|title=Рамазан Бапов|website=turkystan.kz|date=2014-03-13|access-date=2024-08-01}}
- 1973 — Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://holest.ru/stati_iz_viki/3040-spisok-narodnyh-artistov-kazahskoy-ssr.html|title=Список народных артистов Казахской ССР|website=holest.ru|date=|access-date=2024-08-07}}
- 1974 — 3rd award of the Varna International Ballet Competition
- 1976 — State Award of the Kazakh SSR{{cite web |url=https://artsacademy.kz/magazine-article/43|title=Number one - Ramazan Bapov|publisher=Kazakh National Academy of Choreography|format=PDF|access-date=2024-07-31}}
- 1976 — People’s Artist of the Kazakh SSR
- 1979 — People's Artist of the USSR
- 1980 — Lenin Komsomol Prize for excellence in performance
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