Bubusara Beyshenalieva

Bubusara Beyshenalieva ( _ru. Бубусара Бейшеналиева), (1926-1973), known simply as "Bubusara" in her native Kyrgyzstan, was the first great Kyrgyz ballerina. She studied at the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Leningrad under the legendary Russian ballerina Agrippina Vaganova and made her debut at the famed Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.

In 1944, after performing the part of "Cholpon" in the Kyrgyz ballet of the same name, Bubusara became the prima ballerina of the Kyrgyz ballet. Later in life she became a ballet teacher and professor of the Kyrgyz National Ballet School.

Bubusara appears on the Kyrgyz 5 som note, and a statue of her can be found in Bishkek in the grounds of the Hyatt Regency hotel. [cite news
last = Dzyubenko
first = Olga
title = U.S. criticizes Kyrgyzstan in hotel fence row
publisher = Reuters
date = July 30, 2008
url = http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080730/pl_nm/usa_kyrgyzstan_dc_1
accessdate = 2008-08-17]

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