Project Description

AKZHOL MUSSAKHANOV

A native of Kazakhstan, Akzhol has danced for the State Opera and Ballet Theatre in Odessa, and has been a soloist at the State Opera and Ballet Theatre of Tatarstan in Kazan, Russia. Currently on tour with GRAND BALLET RUSSE, he also is principal ballet dancer at Swansea Ballet Russe in Wales, UK. His lead roles include “Nutcracker,” “Swan Lake,” “Cinderella,” “Sleeping Beauty” and “Snow White and Seven Dwarfs.”

Akzhol has competed at the IX International Ballet Competition in Moscow (2001) and the Serge Lifar International Ballet Competition in Kiev (2004), and participated in the Festival of Independence of Kazakhstan (2006). He has toured the U.S., Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Canada, France, The Netherlands, Greece, Norway and Denmark.