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| native_name = Алтынай Абдуахимовна Асылмуратова
| birth_name = Altynai Abduahimovna Asylmuratova
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| birth_place = [[Alma-Ata]], [[Soviet Union]]
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| nationality = [[Kazakhs]]tani
| occupation = [[Ballerina]] (1978-2000), ballet teacher (2000-present)
| years active = 1978-2000
| spouse = Konstantin Zaklinsky
| children = Anastasia Zaklinskaya (b. 1993)
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{{Expand Serbian|Алтинај Ашилмуратова|date=September 2013}}
'''Altynai Abduahimovna Asylmuratova''' ({{lang-ru|Алтынай Абдуахимовна Асылмуратова}}; born 1 January 1961) is a former Kazakhstani-Russian [[prima ballerina]] with the [[Kirov Ballet]]/[[Mariinsky Theatre]] and a guest artist all over the world.<ref name="Taylor">{{cite web|url=http://www.ballet.co.uk/magazines/yr_03/apr03/interview_asylmuratova.htm|title=Altynai Asylmuratova and the Vaganova Academy|last=Taylor|first=Jeffery|date=6 April 2003|work=Ballet Magazine|accessdate=27 December 2010}}</ref>

== Ballet career ==
Asylmuratova was born in [[Alma-Ata]], [[Kazakhstan]] into a family of dancers. The family relocated to St Petersburg so Asylmuratova could attend the Vaganova Choreographic Institute. After graduation from the class of Inna Zubkovskaya, she joined the Kirov Ballet in 1978. After four years in the [[corps de ballet]], she was promoted to principal dancer in 1982.

Asylmuratova became if anything more popular in Western theaters than her "home" theater due to her frequent guest appearances abroad, including [[Roland Petit]]'s company. She was much admired both for her looks and the beauty of her dancing. Her repertoire included all the classical ballet rôles in ''[[Swan Lake]]'', ''[[The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)|The Sleeping Beauty]]'', ''[[Giselle]]'', ''[[Don Quixote (ballet)|Don Quixote]]'', and ''[[La Bayadère]]'', [[Mikhail Fokine]] pieces such as ''[[The Firebird]]'' and ''[[Les Sylphides]]'', as well as modern classics like ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', works by choreographer [[George Balanchine]] and [[Roland Petit]]. She is married to fellow Mariinsky dancer [[Konstantin Zaklinsky]] and together they have a daughter, Anastasia Zaklinskaya (born 1993), who is now a dancer in the Mariinsky Ballet. Her most frequent ballet partner was [[Farouk Ruzimatov]].

Videos of her dancing in ''[[Le Corsaire]]'', ''La Bayadère'' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ow9Sd5QfzA], ''Les Sylphides'', and ''The Sleeping Beauty '' are available. In addition, Asylmuratova was the subject of a 1982 documentary ''Backstage at the Kirov'' which followed her as she prepared to dance the lead in ''Swan Lake''.

In 2000 she was appointed artistic director of the [[Vaganova Choreographic Institute]]. She retired from dancing soon afterwards, to concentrate all her energy on the Vaganova Academy.

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.ballerinagallery.com/asylmura.htm Photo gallery]

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