Back نينا انانياشڤيلى ARZ Nino Ananiaşvili Azerbaijani Nino Ananiaschwili German Nino Ananiašvili Estonian نینا آنانیاشویلی Persian Nina Ananiašvili Finnish Nina Ananiashvili French נינו אנניאשווילי HE Նինա Անանիաշվիլի Armenian Nina Ananiashvili Italian
 |
Nina Ananiashvili | |
|---|---|
 Nina Ananiashvili | |
| Born | ნინო ანანიაშვილი Nino Ananiashvili March 19, 1963 |
| Occupation | Ballet dancer |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Spouse | Grigol Vashadze (m. 1988–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Career | |
| Current group | State Ballet of Georgia |
| Former groups | Bolshoi Ballet American Ballet Theatre Houston Ballet |
| Dances | Tbilisi, Georgia |
Nina Ananiashvili (born: Nino Ananiashvili, Georgian: ნინო ანანიაშვილი; born March 19, 1963) is a Georgian ballerina and artistic director of the State Ballet of Georgia. She has been described by the Daily Telegraph as one of the twelve greatest ballerinas of all time,[1] and in 2002 was named Best Ballerina of the Year by the US Dance Magazine. Ananiashvili has been a prominent fixture of the Soviet, Russian and Georgian ballet scene for decades. Shortly before the fall of the Iron Curtain, in 1987 a New York Magazine critic praised her as "the best thing about the Bolshoi's Giselle whether she appeared in the title role or as the queen of the wilis."[2] In 2014, a film of her 1991 performance in Giselle with the Bolshoi ballet was released.[3]
- ^ "12 of the greatest ballerinas of all time". 8 December 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ New York Magazine, 3 Aug 1987. ISSN 0028-7369
- ^ Monahan, Mark (17 December 2014). "The Bolshoi on DVD: 'a garden of delights for lovers of ballet'". Retrieved 10 June 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.