Lyudmila Lee
Almaty, Kazakhstan

Leading ballet soloist of the Kazakh National Opera and Ballet Theatre (1968 - 1989), Honoured Artist of the Republic of Kazakhstan, holder of the Kurmet and Parasat orders of the Republic of Kazakhstan, teacher, artistic director of the Almaty Choreographic School named after Alexander Seleznev, chairman of the public association “Union of Choreographers of Kazakhstan”.

In 1968, she graduated from the Kazakh State Choreographic School (currently the Almaty Choreographic School named after Alexander Seleznev) and was accepted as a soloist into the ballet troupe of the Kazakh National Opera and Ballet Theatre. Her repertoire included Masha (The Nutcracker), Zarema (The Fountain of Bakhchisarai), Myrta (Giselle), Aegina (Spartacus), Street Dancer (Don Quixote) and many others. Honored Artist of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1986). Since 1994, she has been teaching classical dance at the Almaty Choreographic School named after Alexander Seleznev. List of her students includes diploma winners and laureates of international competitions, famous choreographers and dancers. In 1997, she graduated from the Kazakh State Institute of Theatre and Cinema named after Temirbek Zhurgenov as repetiteur. Author of numerous publications on teaching choreographic disciplines. Since 2015, she is the artistic director of the Almaty Choreographic School named after Alexander Seleznev.