On February the 24, teachers of the Department of Foreign Languages ​​Kalieva A.Zh., Karashina G.T., Tleugabylova Z.A. and Orazaeva G.A. visited Abai State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater together with the firts year students of the Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science. That day, the Melikov ballet was staged in the theater by the outstanding ballet master Yuri Grigorovich. "The Legend of Love", based on the oriental legends. This is the love story of Queen Mehmen-banu's young sister Shirin, and the court painter Farhad, who sacrificed his love for the sake of helping people who lived without water. Farhad led the young men, to cut the rock, which closed the path to the water. Mehmen Banu and Shirin bow their heads before the Farhad’s decision.