"I can still jump higher than anyone else and I want to carry on," said Ananiashvili.

 

It is hard to believe, Nina Ananiashvili is 41 year young, today.  For years, she  mesmerized and captured the world of ballet and all its choreographers, geniuses, pioneers, stars and universal audiences. She still reign as the world greatest ballet star and queen of divine grace and sublime poetry in motion on stage and on the landscape of human imagination and illustrative creativity. She toured the world, and the world danced around her, taken and hypnotized by the graceful beauty of her movements, elegant allure and unsurpassed talent. She is 41 but she still jumps higher than any ballerina I have ever seen. "I see that I can still jump higher than anyone else and I want to carry on," Nina said. Shelves and "vitrinas" in her home are filled with trophies, medals and awards, to name a few:

1991: Russian Independent National Award “Triumph” (the first time a dancer was honored).

1993: National Shota Rustaveli Award, Georgia.

2000: «Woman of the Year» (International Biographical Institute).

2001: Medal “National Merit Award” 3 order, Russia.

2002: “Dance Magazine” Award.

2003: «Medal of Honor» (Georgia’s highest order).

2003: «Ballet» Magazine Award «Soul of the Dance» (category «Queen of the Dance»).

 

ANNA'S CREDITS:

 

 Her credits include stunning performances (Always as the leading star) in:

1980:*Rubai (V. Usmanov). X International Ballet Competition at Varna. Coppelia (A. Radunskiy). Bolshoi Ballet. A. Liepa. 1981: *Youth (M. Martirosian). Moscow Choreographic Institute. A. Liepa. 1982:*The Wooden Prince (A. Petrov) Bolshoi Ballet. A. Fadeyechev, Anna Karenina - Kitti (M. Plisetskaya, N. Rizhenko, V. Smirnov-Golovanov). Bolshoi Ballet : Les Sylphides - Mazurka (M. Fokine). Bolshoi Ballet. A. Fadeyechev, Swan Lake - Spanish Bride (Yu. Grigorovich). Bolshoi Ballet. Swan Lake (Yu. Grigorovich). Bolshoi Ballet. Hamburg. N. Fedorov. 1983: Giselle - Myrtha (Coralli, Perrot, Petipa, Lavrovsky).

 

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