Tamilla Shiraliyeva
Tamilla Shiraliyeva | |
|---|---|
Tamilla Xudadat qızı Şirəliyeva | |
| Born | 8 December 1946 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR |
| Died | 12 March 2025 (aged 78) |
| Burial place | Yasamal cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Ballet dancer, ballet master, pedagogue |
| Awards | People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR • USSR State Prize • Shohrat Order |
Tamilla Shiraliyeva (Azerbaijani: Tamilla Xudadat qızı Şirəliyeva; 8 December 1946 – 12 March 2025) was an Azerbaijani ballet dancer, ballet master and pedagogue who was named the People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1978. Shiraliyeva was also a recipient of the USSR State Prize in 1980 and a Shohrat Order in 2006.
Background
Shiraliyeva was born on 8 December 1946 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union (now Azerbaijan).[1] She graduated from the Baku Choreographic College in 1964. She later attended the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in 1968.[2]
Tamilla Shiraliyeva had been suffering from diabetes for a long time and had undergone surgery because of kidney problems. She died from a brain hemorrhage in Baku, on 12 March 2025, at the age of 78,[3] and was buried in the Yasamal cemetery.[4]
Career
Shiralieyeva began her career as a soloist in 1964 for the ballet troupe of the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater,[2] performing in several pieces including Ashraf Abbasov's Chernushka and Fikret Amirov's One Thousand and One Nights. She retired from ballet dancing in 1989; she became a teacher and choreographer the following year.[5]
In 2001, Shiralieyeva was the producer-choreographer in the revival of Tofig Bakikhanov's Caspian Ballad at the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, which premiered on 4 November 2001.[6][7]
She directed, choreographed, or managed several pieces including Tofig Bakikhanov's Good and Evil,[8] and Joseph Mazilier's Paquita.[9] On 13 July 2007, Shiralieyeva directed in a special showing of Agshin Alizadeh's Tour of the Caucuses to celebrate his 70th birthday.[10] She also choreographed a ballet based upon Niyazi's Rast for the Silk Road Music Festival in July 2014.[11]
Awards
Shiraliyeva was named an Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1970. In 1978, she was titled the People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR.[1] Shiraliyeva also received the USSR State Prize in 1980 for her role as Scheherazade in One Thousand and One Nights.[2]
In 2006, Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev thanked Shiraliyeva for her contributions to ballet and awarded her a Shohrat Order.[12] She also received an honorary diploma from the Baku Choreographic Academy for her work at the academy.[13]
References
- ^ a b Huseynova, Afag. "Магистр Хореографического Искусства". Creative Women Association (in Russian). Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ a b c "В балетной школе перемены – ФОТО". 1News (in Russian). 6 June 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ "Renowned Azerbaijani ballet master Tamilla Shiraliyeva passes away at 79". Apa.az. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "Balet ustası Tamilla Şirəliyeva dəfn edilib". Apa.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ "Bakıdkı tarixi abidələrin siyahısınıhazırlamaq üçün komissiya yaradılıb". www.anl.az (in Azerbaijani). 9 December 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ "9.4 Caspian Ballad Lives Again". Azerbaijan International. Baku. 2001. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ "XƏZƏR BALLADASI". Musiqi Dunyasi. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ ""Xeyi̇r Və Şər" Baleti̇nə İcti̇mai̇ Baxiş Olmuşdur". Azertag (in Azerbaijani). 25 February 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ "Paquita ballet to be premiered in Baku". Today.az. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "70 yaşın "Qafqaza səyahət"i". hafta.az (in Azerbaijani). Baku. 6 June 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ Orujova, Nigar (2 July 2014). "Music festival "Silk Road" opens with Azerbaijan's ballet". Baku. AzerNews. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
- ^ "President Aliyev awards Tamilla Shiraliyeva". Today.az. 8 December 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ "Bakı Xoreoqrafiya Akademiyasında görkəmli Azərbaycan balet ustasının yubileyi qeyd edilib". Bakı Xoreoqrafiya Akademiyası (in Azerbaijani). Baku. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2018.