Malika Sobirova

Malika Sobirova
Malika Sobirova
	Sobirova on a 2020 stamp of Tajikistan
Born	22 May 1942; Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union
Died	27 February 1982 (aged 39); Dushanbe, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)	Ballet dancer, pedagogue

Malika Abdurakhmonovna Sobirova (Tajik: Малика Абдураҳмоновна Собирова, Russian: Малика́ Абдурахи́мовна Саби́рова; 22 May 1942 — 27 February 1982) was a Soviet and Tajik ballet dancer and pedagogue.^[1] She is considered the most famous Tajik ballet dancer. In 1969, she won a gold medal in an international ballet dance competition.^[2]^[3]

Early life

Sobirova was born in 1942 in Stalinabad, the capital of Tajikistan. Her father Ibragim Sobirov was a musician and her mother Madina Sobirova was a nurse. As a young girl she was very stubborn and refused to be frightened into an arranged marriage, as per the then prevalent practice; and instead pursued her talent in dance.^[4] She took her dancing course from Leningrad Choreography Academy (the Vaganova Ballet School), from where she graduated in 1961.^[1]^[5]^[6] It was a tradition among the students of this ballet school to consider themselves incomplete till they performed the Swan dance. She was also keen to learn the complete music of the ballet.^[6]

Career

In 1961, after graduating she returned to Dushanbe and joined Onegin Theatre.^[7] She also joined People's Artist of the USSR and regularly performed at Tchaikovsky Hall.^[8] She was proficient in all classical forms of ballet and won several international awards. As a solo ballet dancer her repertoire included all the classical forms, and performed in ballets like the Leili i Medzhnun (Leili and Medjnun) for which music score was provided by Balasanian. She was a popular ballet dancer in the Soviet Union.^[3]^[9] She was the most popular dancer of the Opera and Ballet theater which was established in 1940.^[10] She was delighted like a child when people recognized her in the bus or total strangers greeted her as a ballerina.^[11]

Awards

She received the first prize at the Tchaikovsky International Ballet Contest in Moscow.^[12] In 1969, Sobirova won a gold medal in an international ballet dance competition held in Varna, Bulgaria.^[9] She was also recipient of Tadzhik Komsomol Central Committee order "The Badge of Honor."^[13] The first international ballet dancing contest held in Dushanbe was named after her and Mikhail Gorbachev sent greetings on the occasion.^[14]

References

^ ^a ^b Koegler, Horst (1998). Dizionario della danza e del balletto. Gremese Editore. pp. 415–. ISBN 978-88-7742-262-0.
^ Abdullaev, Kamoludin; Akbarzaheh, Shahram (2010). Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan. Scarecrow Press. pp. 262–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7379-7.
^ ^a ^b Demidov, Alexander; Daniels, Guy (1978). The Russian ballet: past and present. A. and C. Black. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-7136-1874-7.
^ Mandel, William M. (1975). Soviet women. Anchor Books. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-385-03255-1.
^ Peknik, George (1 January 2004). The Meaning of the Boulder-Dushanbe Teahouse. Hoopoe Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-9632591-1-0.
^ ^a ^b Soviet Literature. Foreign Languages Publishing House. January 1981. p. 184.
^ Dance and Dancers. 1980.
^ Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich; Khrushchev, Sergey (2006). Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev. Penn State Press. pp. 750–. ISBN 978-0-271-02861-3.
^ ^a ^b Sputnik Monthly Digest. Novosti Printing House. 1974. pp. 64, 66.
^ Agentstvo pechati "Novosti" (1990). USSR. Novosti Press Agency.
^ Soviet Life. Embassy of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in the USA. 1976.
^ Tatulov, A. (1974). USSR, cultural life. Novosti Press Agency Pub. House. p. 48.
^ Foreign Press Digest: Soviet Union. October 1967.
^ Daily Report: Soviet Union. The Service. 1991. p. 31.

[Koegler1998-1] Koegler, Horst (1998). Dizionario della danza e del balletto. Gremese Editore. pp. 415–. ISBN 978-88-7742-262-0.

[AbdullaevAkbarzaheh2010-2] Abdullaev, Kamoludin; Akbarzaheh, Shahram (2010). Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan. Scarecrow Press. pp. 262–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7379-7.

[DemidovDaniels1978-3] Demidov, Alexander; Daniels, Guy (1978). The Russian ballet: past and present. A. and C. Black. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-7136-1874-7.

[Mandel1975-4] Mandel, William M. (1975). Soviet women. Anchor Books. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-385-03255-1.

[Peknik2004-5] Peknik, George (1 January 2004). The Meaning of the Boulder-Dushanbe Teahouse. Hoopoe Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-9632591-1-0.

[Soviet_Literature-6] Soviet Literature. Foreign Languages Publishing House. January 1981. p. 184.

[Dance_and_Dancers-7] Dance and Dancers. 1980.

[KhrushchevKhrushchev2006-8] Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich; Khrushchev, Sergey (2006). Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev. Penn State Press. pp. 750–. ISBN 978-0-271-02861-3.

[Sputnik_Monthly_Digest-9] Sputnik Monthly Digest. Novosti Printing House. 1974. pp. 64, 66.

[Novosti1990-10] Agentstvo pechati "Novosti" (1990). USSR. Novosti Press Agency.

[Soviet_Life-11] Soviet Life. Embassy of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in the USA. 1976.

[Tatulov1974-12] Tatulov, A. (1974). USSR, cultural life. Novosti Press Agency Pub. House. p. 48.

[13] Foreign Press Digest: Soviet Union. October 1967.

[14] Daily Report: Soviet Union. The Service. 1991. p. 31.

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