State Ballet of Georgia

The State Ballet of Georgia is the ballet company of the Z. Paliashvilil Opera and Ballet State Theatre in Tbilisi. Nina Ananiashvili has been artistic director since 2004. Its repertory includes works by Ashton, Balanchine, Bournonville, Kylián, Ratmansky, Possokhov, McIntyre and Welch. The company has toured to New York City in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011, to Jacob's Pillow, and to Edinburgh.

Avery Fisher Hall, November 2011

Charms of Mannerism

• Nina Ananiashvili
• Lali Kandelaki

• Vasil Akhmeteli
• William Pratt

Bizet Variations

• Anna Muradeli
• Ekaterine Surmava
• Ana Albutashvili

• Vasil Akhmeteli
• David Ananeli
• Otar Khelashvili

SWAN

• Nina Ananiashvili

Dreams of Japan

• Nina Ananiashvili

• the company

Reviews

• NY Times, Brian Seiberg, November 6, 2011
• NY Times, Claudia La Rocco, June 24, 2010

• NY Times, Alastair Macaulay, March 3, 2008
• NY Times, Alastair Macaulay, February 29, 2008
• Washington Examiner, Marie Gullard, November 10, 2011

External links

• Archive footage of Nina Ananiashvili and David Ananeli performing Thaïs Pas de Deux in 2010 at Jacob's Pillow
• State Ballet of Georgia on Facebook
• webpage on Ananiashvili.com
  • performance schedule on Ananiashvili.com