Biography of the dancer Isinbaev

Mahmud Esambaev was born on July 15 in a strict religious family in the foothill village of Old Atagi in Chechnya. His talent manifested itself in early childhood - he danced everywhere, almost continuously. For lack of ballet class with mirrors, he honed movements, looking at his own shadow. For which he more than once got from his father, who considered dances not serious matter for the Caucasian young man.

The father wanted his son to choose a serious male profession, for example, to become a judge or a doctor. Only before his death, his father blessed Mahmud on the profession of a dancer. At the age of 15, he was accepted in the Chechen-Ingush dance ensemble, and to the Grozny Choreographic School. Although he was generally nothing to learn. He had absolute musical hearing, congenital flexibility, artistry and phenomenal choreographic memory, thanks to which he mastered the technique of dancing the peoples of the world.

Once, on tour in Columbia, he saw a folk “bamboo dance”, and the very next day he performed it in a concert. The audience rejoiced. Esambaev later explained: accidentally seeing on the street and remembered the drawing, all movements. His Spanish dance captured Picasso in his picture. The Bashkir dance “Warrior”, the Tajik “Dance with knives”, the Indian “Golden God” and his beloved Lezginka - this is what made him a world star.

With no less success, he performed the main ballet parties in the “Sleeping Beauty”, “Swan Lake”, “Bakhchisarai Fountan” ... He was friends with Maya Plisetskaya and Louis Armstrong, adored Claudia Shulzhenko and Gypsy songs. His father had truly Caucasian health. As Esambaev said, his father lived years and was married 11 times.

Mahmud Alisultanovich, alas, did not live to such a respectable age. But eyewitnesses indicate that he retained natural flexibility until the advanced years. I could easily get my ear with your ear with your thumb. He was tall - centimeters, while he had a waist of 40 cm !!! Even Lyudmila Gurchenko, who had a waist of 48 centimeters, would envy him. I did yoga almost daily and meditated in the lotus position.

Limited himself in food. In the mornings ate oatmeal and drank half a glass of tea. To the question of journalists: what the most cherished dream answered: "At least once in a life, he is to eat up." He said that dancers have to “fast” every day. I slept little. Could lie down at half past five in the morning, and at half past seven to get up. I taught myself to get enough sleep in two to three hours.

With his high growth in public, he always wore a papachi hid a bald head and heels. It seemed that the papaha was like part of his himself