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History

he National Dance Theatre “Kyyl Uola” n. a. S.A. Zverev

starts its 35th season in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

It is not a short term for summing up the activity of the

T big creative team.

The National Dance Theatre “Kyyl Uola” was prepared in Leningrad’s creative Performing Artist of Yakutia’s ASSR,
n. a. S. A. Zverev starts its 35th season in workshop of variety entertainment in Laureate of the State Prize named after
the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). It is not Lenconcert (Leningrad). The first night P.A. Oyunskiy, the prize winner of “The
a short term for summing up the activity of the dance ensemble took place in Dance Soul” in the nomination “The Folk
of the big creative team. The dance theatre Yakutsk on 30th of October 1980, with Dance Star”, the RF Honoured Artist
mission is to conserve and develop Yakutia’s the concert programme “The Northern G.S. Baishev. His works became the basis of
peoples’ folk heritage, accumulating key Lights”. The first programme of Yakutia’s the National Dance Theatre style. Yakutia’s
ideas of the Turkic and Arctic civilizations, Dance Ensemble was contributed to by ballet principal dancer, the graduate of the
to interpret folk works theatrically and the famous ethno-choreographer and Ballet-Master Courses in RITA, ballet-
artistically, and to look at the traditional scientist M.Y. Zhornitskaya, ballet-master master and director, the author of many
culture in a modern way. Besides, it is to and director G.S. Baishev, ballet-master works, the inspirer of the creative team had
create a meaningful and thought-provoking A. Polubentsev, choreographer and director been carrying out a repertoire theatre policy
repertoire, meeting the demands of the real A.G. Lukina. The dance ensemble creation for many years. The National Dance Theatre
pragmatic world. Today the tasks connected became a great cultural event not only in the founder was the renowned theatrical
with the peoples’ integrity ideas directed republic but also abroad. personalities A.V. Bosikov; the first directors
towards the peace and consent are especially Yakutia’s spectaculars enthusiastically were P.P. Pestryakov, N.N. Maksimov,
crucial. In the hi-tech age, the fundamental met the first performance of the professional G.G. Siromyatnikov. Since 1992, the dance
values of the peoples’ cultural heritage are team. For 30 years, one of the team founders theatre has been headed by the RS (Y)
very important. In other words, it is the and its art director had been Honoured Honoured Employee A.I. Alekseev who has
enduring values foundation, elaborated by
peoples within millenniums.
The National Dance Theatre of the Sakha
(Yakutia) Republic was set up with the
Order of the YASSR Council dated 13th
of October 1980 as the first professional
folk dance team: State Yakutia’s Dance
Ensemble attached to Yakutia’s State
Philharmony. It was reorganised into
the National Dance Theatre of the Sakha
(Yakutia) Republic with the Order issued
by the President of the Sakha (Yakutia)
Republic and dated 17th of November 1992.
Under the Order issued by the President of
the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic and dated
17th of December 2005, the theatre was
granted the name of the RF Honoured
Employee of Culture, Honoured Artist of
Yakutia’s ASSR, the member of the USSR
Writers’ Union, the founder of Yakutia’s
theatrical dance culture, folk singer, and
narrator Sergey Afanasyevich Zverev –
Kyyl Uola.
The first programme (from 1979 to
1980) of State Yakutia’s Dance Ensemble The final of the performance olonkho “The Middle World”.

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