The State Ballet of Georgia is the ballet company of the Tbilisi

Tbilisi

Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...

 Z. Paliashvilil Opera and Ballet State Theatre. Nina Ananiashvili

Nina Ananiashvili

Nina Ananiashvili is a Georgian ballerina and artistic director of the State Ballet of Georgia.- Career :...

 has been artistic director since 2004. Its repertory includes works by Ashton

Frederick Ashton

Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton OM, CH, CBE was a leading international dancer and choreographer. He is most noted as the founder choreographer of The Royal Ballet in London, but also worked as a director and choreographer of opera, film and theatre revues.-Early life:Ashton was born at...

, Balanchine

George Balanchine

George Balanchine , born Giorgi Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to a Georgian father and a Russian mother, was one of the 20th century's most famous choreographers, a developer of ballet in the United States, co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet...

, Bournonville

August Bournonville

August Bournonville was a Danish ballet master and choreographer. August was the son of Antoine Bournonville, a dancer and choreographer trained under the French choreographer, Jean Georges Noverre, and the nephew of Julie Alix de la Fay, née Bournonville, of the Royal Swedish Ballet.August was...

, Kylián

Jiří Kylián

Jiří Kylián is a Czech dance choreographer.Kylián studied in Prague and, at the age of 20, won a scholarship at the Royal Ballet School in London. He joined the Stuttgart Ballet in 1968 and worked under John Cranko, where he began to choreograph. Kylián became Artistic Director of Nederlands Dans...

, Ratmansky

Alexei Ratmansky

Alexei Osipovich Ratmansky is a choreographer and former ballet dancer. He is artist in residence at the American Ballet Theatre and the former director of the Bolshoi Ballet. Ratmansky trained under Pyotr Pestov and Anna Markeyeva at the Bolshoi Ballet School...

, Possokhov, McIntyre

Trey McIntyre

Trey McIntyre is an American dancer and choreographer. McIntyre was born in Wichita, Kansas. He trained at North Carolina School of the Arts and Houston Ballet Academy...

 and Welch

Stanton Welch

-Early Life:Welch was born in Melbourne to Marilyn Jones and Garth Welch, two prominent Australian dancers.-Career:Welch was initially trained at the dance school run by his parents...

. They company has toured to New York City in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011, to Jacob's Pillow and to Edinburgh.

Avery Fisher Hall

Avery Fisher Hall

Avery Fisher Hall is a concert hall, in New York City and is part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts complex. It is the home of the New York Philharmonic, with a capacity of 2,738 seats.-History:...

, 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
  Claudia La Rocco
  Claudia La Rocco is a dance critic for the New York Times. She began her career as a general arts writer for the Associated Press,- External links : * ** * **...
  
  , June 24, 2010

• NY Times, Alastair Macaulay
  Alastair Macaulay
  Alastair Macaulay is a dance critic for the New York Times. He was previously chief dance critic at The Times Literary Supplement and chief theater critic of the Financial Times, both of London...
  
  , March 3, 2008
• NY Times, Alastair Macaulay
  Alastair Macaulay
  Alastair Macaulay is a dance critic for the New York Times. He was previously chief dance critic at The Times Literary Supplement and chief theater critic of the Financial Times, both of London...
  
  , February 29, 2008
• Washington Examiner, Marie Gullard, November 10, 2011

External links

• webpage on Ananiashvili.com
  • performance schedule on Ananiashvili.com