
Aliya Tanykpayeva
female principal, Étoile of the 2013/2014 and the 2017/2018 seasons
Member of the Hungarian State Opera since 2012
Education:
Almaty National Ballet School, Kazakhstan
Competitions:
Perm International Ballet Competition – 3rd prize (2004)
Luxembourg International Ballet Competition – Grand Prize (2003)
Awards and recognitions:
Silver Cross of Merit (2021)
Best Female Dance Artist of the Season (2015, 2018)
Étoile of the Hungarian National Ballet (2013/14, 2017/18)
Professional work:
Opernhaus Zürich – principal (2009-2011)
Wiener Staatsoper – principal (2005-2009)
Imperial Russian Ballet – principal (2001-2005)
State Ballet Company, Almaty – principal (1999-2001)
Principal roles:
Seregi/Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet – Juliet
Eagling/Solymosi/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Maria
Dantzig/Schayk/Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – Odette/Odile
Cranko/Tchaikovsky: Onegin – Tatiana
Petipa/Minkus: Don Quixote – Kitri
Lavrovsky/Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet – Juliet
Seregi/Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet – Juliet
Petipa/Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty – Aurora
Vainonen/Harangozó Jr./Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Clara
Zanella/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Clara
MacMillan/Liszt: Manon – Manon
Ashton/Hérold: La fille mal gardée – Lise
Lavrovsky/Adam: Giselle – Giselle
Corelli/Adam: Giselle – Giselle
Petipa/Malakhov/Minkus: La Bayadère – Nikiya
Petipa/Spoerli/Glazunov: Raymonda – Raymonda
Ivanov/Nureyev/Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – Odette/Odile
Harangozó/Delibes: Coppélia – Swanilda
Pártay/Dvořák: Gone with the Wind – Scarlett O’Hara
Pártay/Liszt/Wagner/Berlioz: The Golden Brush – Sven
Hynd/Lehár: The Merry Widow – Hanna Glawari
Bournonville/Gielgud/Løvenskiold: La Sylphide – Sylphide
Spoerli/Stravinsky: The Firebird – Firebird
Kylián/Mozart; Inger/Ravel/Pärt; North/Downes: Mad dance! – yet there is method in it
Kylián/Mozart: Petite Mort
Mozart/Neumeier: As You Like It
Education:
Almaty National Ballet School, Kazakhstan
Competitions:
Perm International Ballet Competition – 3rd prize (2004)
Luxembourg International Ballet Competition – Grand Prize (2003)
Awards and recognitions:
Silver Cross of Merit (2021)
Best Female Dance Artist of the Season (2015, 2018)
Étoile of the Hungarian National Ballet (2013/14, 2017/18)
Professional work:
Opernhaus Zürich – principal (2009-2011)
Wiener Staatsoper – principal (2005-2009)
Imperial Russian Ballet – principal (2001-2005)
State Ballet Company, Almaty – principal (1999-2001)
Principal roles:
Seregi/Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet – Juliet
Eagling/Solymosi/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Maria
Dantzig/Schayk/Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – Odette/Odile
Cranko/Tchaikovsky: Onegin – Tatiana
Petipa/Minkus: Don Quixote – Kitri
Lavrovsky/Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet – Juliet
Seregi/Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet – Juliet
Petipa/Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty – Aurora
Vainonen/Harangozó Jr./Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Clara
Zanella/Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Clara
MacMillan/Liszt: Manon – Manon
Ashton/Hérold: La fille mal gardée – Lise
Lavrovsky/Adam: Giselle – Giselle
Corelli/Adam: Giselle – Giselle
Petipa/Malakhov/Minkus: La Bayadère – Nikiya
Petipa/Spoerli/Glazunov: Raymonda – Raymonda
Ivanov/Nureyev/Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – Odette/Odile
Harangozó/Delibes: Coppélia – Swanilda
Pártay/Dvořák: Gone with the Wind – Scarlett O’Hara
Pártay/Liszt/Wagner/Berlioz: The Golden Brush – Sven
Hynd/Lehár: The Merry Widow – Hanna Glawari
Bournonville/Gielgud/Løvenskiold: La Sylphide – Sylphide
Spoerli/Stravinsky: The Firebird – Firebird
Kylián/Mozart; Inger/Ravel/Pärt; North/Downes: Mad dance! – yet there is method in it
Kylián/Mozart: Petite Mort
Mozart/Neumeier: As You Like It
Performances
November 27. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
rehearsal
THE NUTCRACKER

November 27. 18:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
November 30. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 2. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 3. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 4. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 4. 18:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 6. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 8. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 10. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 10. 18:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 11. 18:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 14. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 16. 18:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 17. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 18. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 20. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 21. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 21. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 23. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 23. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 24. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 25. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 26. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 26. 18:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 28. 18:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 29. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 30. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
December 31. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
January 5. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
January 6. 19:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
January 7. 14:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
January 7. 18:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
January 8. 11:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
January 15. 18:00
classic
ballet
6
THE NUTCRACKER
March 18. 18:00
ballet
12
SWAN LAKE
March 21. 18:00
ballet
12
SWAN LAKE
March 24. 18:00
ballet
12
SWAN LAKE
April 13. 18:00
ballet
rehearsal
DON QUIXOTE

April 15. 19:00
ballet
DON QUIXOTE
April 16. 19:00
ballet
DON QUIXOTE
June 9. 19:00
contemporary
ballet
12
rehearsal
THE PYGMALION EFFECT
June 10. 19:00
contemporary
ballet
12
premiere
THE PYGMALION EFFECT
June 14. 19:00
contemporary
ballet
12
THE PYGMALION EFFECT
June 20. 19:00
contemporary
ballet
12