Nina Ananiashvili to Retire from ABT
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Nina Ananiashvili, a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, will retire from the company during the 2009 Metropolitan Opera House season, the organization announced Monday.
Ms. Ananiashvili is artistic director of the State Ballet of Georgia, where she plans to continue performing, in addition to making guest appearances around the world.
The ballerina from Georgia made her first appearance with the American Ballet Theatre in 1993 as Odette-Odile in “Swan Lake.” She studied at the Moscow Ballet School, has danced with the Boston Ballet and the Houston Ballet, and is a People’s Artist of the Georgian Republic.
Ms. Ananiashvili has won the first prize and gold medal at the International Ballet Competition in Moscow and the grand prix and gold medal at the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Miss. She also was the first ballerina ever to receive the National Prize of Russia.
