In order to open a partnership between the school in Almaty and the Art High School in Bucharest under the auspices of the national federations of associations and clubs for UNESCO, president of the Alumnus Club,and the general secretary of the Romanian Federation, Mrs. Daniela Popescu had a working meeting with the director of this school and the vice-president of the Federation of Kazakhstan, Mrs. Sabina Akzharova.
The school was founded in 1934, as the first musical and choreographic institution for children (originally from orphanages), in the city that was then called Alma-Ata (today Almaty).
The first students started dance studies in September 1934.
Of 1937, the institution becomes closely associated with the name Alexander Vladimirovich Seleznev, which time over 20 for years he was director, pedagogue and art director — gave birth to a real school of classical ballet in Kazakhstan.
Almaty Choreographic School offers basic training in choreographic art — classical dance, but also modern disciplines: since the years 1990 studies in "modern choreography" were introduced (in contemporary). Educational format: traditional, with serious stages of preparation, similar to ballet schools; years of study preparing students for professional dance careers.
After graduation, many go on to professional ballet companies, opera and ballet theaters in Kazakhstan and beyond.
