Georgian Ministry of Culture, Monument Protection and Sport, Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre, Georgian Composer's Union present - Author concert of Composer, Prof. Meri Davitashvili.

Participants: Irine Ratiani, Elene Janjalia, Opera orchestra concertmaster Lela Mchedlidze, Viktoria Chaplinskaia (concertmaster), Tamar Licheli (Piano), Nino Raminishvili (Piano), Elene Shaverzashvili (Piano), Givi Dolidze (Tenor), Irine Kobakhidze (Harp), Sophio Kemertelidze (Harp), Tamar Mtsuravishvili (Piano).

Beginning at 6pm.

Nina Ananiashvili
Lali Kandelaki, Nino Gogua, Anna Muradeli, Vasil Akhmeteli, Nino Ochiauri, David Ananiashvili, Otar Khelashvili

and

the Ballet Company of the Tbilisi Zakaria Paliashvili Opera and Ballet State Theatre

Program:

Choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton

Leo Delibes - SYLVIA  (Pas De Deux)
Anna Muradeli, Otar Khelashvili

LA CHATTE 
Music: J. Offenbach, from La Chatte metamorphosee en femme, 1858.
Lana Mghebrishvili

Jules Massenet - THAIS  (Pas De Deux)
Nino Gogua, David Ananiashvili

Johann Strauss II - VOICES OF SPRING  (Pas De Deux)
Lali Kandelaki, Vasil Akhmeteli

Igor Stravinsky - DUO CONCERTANT
Choreography by George Balanchine
Anna Gorgiashvili, David Ananiashvili

Piano -  Tamar Matchavariani
Violin - Lela Mtchedlidze

Georges Bizet - BIZET VARIATIONS
Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky

Piano -  Tamar Matchavariani

Nina Ananiashvili, Anna Muradeli, Nino Ochiauri
Vasil Akhmeteli, Otar Khelashvili, William Pratt

FALLING ANGELS
Choreography by Jirí Kylián
Music by Steve Reich

Lana Mghebrishvili, Lili Labadze, Ekaterine Lominadze, Gvantsa Gavashelishvili, Ina Azmaiparashvili, Tatiana Katamadze, Anna Albutashvili, Anna Gorgiashvili.

Stage Manager - Niala Godziashvili
Artistic Director of the Ballet Company Nina Ananiashvili

Beginning at 19.45

Ticket reservation 72 68 68
Tickets are available at the Rustaveli Theatre box office

George Aleksidze's Choreography has been recreated by Marina and Mariam Aleksidze.

Design by Teimuraz Murvanidze, Guram Meliva,
Mikheil Makharadze, Nino Ochiauri
Lighting by Guram Meliva, Amiran Ananiashvili
Sound Montage by Elene Murjikneli
Sound Director Kote Kartvelishvili
Stage Manager Niala Godziashvili
Artistic Director of the Ballet Company - Nina Ananiashvili

Programm:

Act I

Anton Webern - Five Movements
N. Rigvava, D. Ananiashvili, E. Lominadze, G. Mshvenieradze, N. Bunturi, S. Karichashvili, N. Matiashvili, E. Makhachashvili, N. Makhashvili
 
Manuel De Falla - Two Spanish Songs - Nana, Polo
From the Seven Spanish Folk Songs cycle
Mariam Aleksidze
 
Isaak Dunaevsky - Chaplin
Tsisia Cholokashvili
 
Oleg Karavaichuk - Fantasy on Suliko Theme
Ekaterine Lominadze
 
Gia Kancheli - Instead of a Tango
Lali Kandelaki, Vasil Akhmeteli
 
Vakhtang Kakhidze - Imitation
M. Meskhia, I. Jeladze, N. Jaiani, G. Kalmakhelidze, M. Sikharulidze
 
Astor Piazzola - Narcissus
Otar Khelashvili
 
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Tambourine
Nino Makhashvili
 
Gia Kancheli - The Martyrdom of Queen Shushaniki
Miniature on the martyr Shushaniki theme
Fragment from the Liturgy by G. Kancheli
Lana Mghebrishvili
 
Astor Piazzola - Che Tango Che
Ina Azmaiparashvili
 
Alexander Knaifel - Wings
Anna Albutashvili, Otar Khelashvili
Vakhtang Kakhidze - Salambo
Salambo - Anna Muradeli
Mato - David Ananiashvili
The Leader - Dimitri Jalaghania
The Warriors - L. Phatsatsia, I. Jeladze, N. Jaiani, M. Meskhia, G. Kalandadze, G. Kalmakhelidze

Act II

Gia Kancheli - Demon Symphony #6
One-act ballet on poem Demon by Mikhail Lermontov
Tamara - Nino Gogua
Demon - Vasil Akhmeteli
Samaia - T. Katamadze, S. Phantsulaia, I. Azmaiparashvili
The Fellows - G. Mshvenieradze, A. Kvitsinadze, M. Meskhia, G. Kalmakhelidze, M. Sikharulidze, N. Jaiani

Beginning 19:45

George Aleksidze's Choreography has been recreated by Marina and Mariam Aleksidze.

Design by Teimuraz Murvanidze, Guram Meliva,
Mikheil Makharadze, Nino Ochiauri
Lighting by Guram Meliva, Amiran Ananiashvili
Sound Montage by Elene Murjikneli
Sound Director Kote Kartvelishvili
Stage Manager Niala Godziashvili

Programm:

Act I

Anton Webern - Five Movements
N. Rigvava, O. Khelashvili, G. Gavashelishvili, G. Mshvenieradze, S. Phantsulaia, S. Karichashvili, N. Matiashvili, T. Kopaleishvili, N. Makhashvili

Manuel De Falla - Two Spanish Songs - Nana, Polo
From the Seven Spanish Folk Songs cycle.
Mariam Aleksidze
 
Jean-Philippe Rameau - Tambourine
Anna Muradeli
 
Oleg Karavaichuk - Fantasy on Suliko Theme
Lana Mghebrishvili
 
Gia Kancheli - Instead of a Tango
Lali Kandelaki, David Ananiashvili

Vakhtang Kakhidze - Imitation
M. Meskhia, I. Jeladze, N. Jaiani, G. Kalmakhelidze, M. Sikharulidze
 
Astor Piazzola - Narcissus
Otar Khelashvili

Isaak Dunaevsky - Chaplin
Teona Akhobadze

Gia Kancheli - The Martyrdom of Queen Shushaniki
Miniature on the martyr Shushaniki theme
Fragment from Liturgy by G. Kancheli
Nino Ochiauri
 
Astor Piazzola - Che Tango Che
Anna Gorgiashvili

Alexander Knaifel - Wings
Anna Albutashvili, Otar Khelashvili
 
Vakhtang Kakhidze - Salambo
Salambo - Anna Muradeli
Mato - David Ananiashvili
The Leader - Dimitri Jalaghania
The Warriors - L. Phatsatsia, I. Jeladze, N. Jaiani, M. Meskhia, G. Kalandadze, G. Kalmakhelidze

Act II
 
Gia Kancheli - Demon Symphony #6
One-act ballet on poem Demon by Mikhail Lermontov
Tamara - Nino Gogua
Demon - Vasil Akhmeteli
Samaia - N. Bunturi, N. Rigvava, E. Makhachashvili
The Fellows - G. Mshvenieradze, A. Kvitsinadze, M. Meskhia, G. Kalmakhelidze, M. Sikharulidze, N. Jaiani

Beginning 19:45

The Prima Ballerina Nina Ananiashvili and the famous Swiss jeweller Gilbert Albert founded the prize Star in 2003 for young dance talents.

The jeweller made the prize itself in form of a sea star, as he wanted it to resemble the character of nature. "Of course I could have looked at the sky, but then the star would not have been so beautiful", declared Albert. The Star represents a laced form made from pink diamond fixed on a black deck.

Program:

T. Mayuzumi - Bugaku
Nino Gogua, Vasil Akhmeteli

P. Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake
Nino Gogua, Irakli Bakhtadze

C.W.Gluk - DANCE OF THE BLESSED SPIRITS
David Hallberg (ABT)

DL.Gottschalk - Tarantella
Nino MatiaShvili, Yassaui Mergaliyev

L.Delibes - Sylvia (Pas De Deux)
Anna Muradeli, Otar Khelashvili

P. Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake (Pas De Deux)
Lali Kandelaki, David Hallberg (ABT)

J. Massenet - Thais
Nina Ananiashvili, Vasil Akhmeteli

Sagalobeli
Lali Kandelaki, Nino Gogua, Anna Muradeli,
Vasil Akhmeteli, Irakli Bakhtadze, David Ananeli

Beginning at 19:45

Laureates

Nino Gogua

Born in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Graduated from the Tbilisi Vakhtang Chabukiani State Choreographic School under the tutorship of Ms. Svetlana Mtvarelishvili and Ms. Larisa Chkhikvishvili.
Has been at the ballet company of the Tbilisi Z. Paliashvili Opera and Ballet State Theatre since 2003 and as the soloist since 2007.
Repertory of Gogua includes: Giselle (Giselle), Variation, Queen of the Dryads (Don Quixote), Odette-Odile, The big swan (Swan Lake, edition by Alexei Fadeechev), Juliet (Romeo and Juliet, choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky); The French doll (Nutcracker), Jacintha (Laurencia, choreography by Vakhtang Chabukiani, edition by Nukri Maghalashvili); The young girl (The Two Pigeons); Pas de deux (Thais, choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton) - the first performer for the State Ballet of Georgia; Nathalia (From Siberia to Moscow); leading parts in George Balanchine's ballets: Serenade, Apollo Musagete, Western Symphony, Mozartiana - the first performer for the SBG; Duo Concertant - the first performer for the SBG; Bugaku - the first performer for the SBG; Trey McIntyre's Second Before the Ground  and Midsummer Night's Dream; Yuri Possokhov's Sagalobeli; Alexei Ratmansky's Bizet Variations; Sir Frederick Ashton's Birthday Offering; August Bournonville's Le Conservatoire, Jiří Kylián's Stepping Stones.
During 2007-2010 Gogua took part in the State Ballet of Georgia's tours to USA and Japan, in the Spoleto, Jacob's Pillow and Edinburgh International Festivals, performing the leading parts in Giselle, George Balanchine's Mozartiana and Duo Concertant and Yuri Possokhov's Sagalobeli.

David Hallberg

Born in Rapid City, South Dakota, David Hallberg began jazz and tap classes at the age of ten. He began his formal ballet training at 13 with Kee Juan Han at the Arizona Ballet School in Phoenix where he studied intensively for four years. In 1999, he was accepted into the Paris Opera Ballet School where he continued his studies under the direction of Claude Bessy, Jacques Namont and Gilbert Meyer.

Hallberg attended American Ballet Theatre's New York Summer Intensive in 1999 and 2000 and was an ABT National Training Scholar for both of those years.

Hallberg joined ABT's Studio Company in September 2000 and then joined American Ballet Theatre as a member of the corps de ballet in April 2001, was promoted to Soloist in January 2004 and Principal in May 2005. His roles with the Company include the Boy in Afternoon of a Faun, the title role in Apollo, Solor in La Bayadere, Prince Charming in Cinderella, Conrad in Le Corsaire, Basilio and Espada in Don Quixote, Oberon in The Dream, the second sailor in Fancy Free, Albrecht in Giselle, Death in The Green Table, the Cavalier in The Nutcracker, Othello in Othello, a Friend of the Family in Pillar of Fire, Bernard and Jean de Brienne in Raymonda, Romeo, Paris and Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet, Prince Desire in The Sleeping Beauty, Prince Siegfried, von Rothbart (Act III) and Benno in Swan Lake, Aminta in Sylvia, the first movement in George Balanchine's Symphony in C, the Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, and leading roles in Ballet Imperial, Ballo della Regina, Clear, Drink To Me With Thine Eyes, From Here On Out, Glow - Stop, Gong, Kaleidoscope, In The Upper Room, Meadow, Petite Mort, Pretty Good Year, Sinfonietta, Les Sylphides, Symphonic Variations, Theme and Variations and Within You Without You: A Tribute to George Harrison. He also performed featured roles in William Forshythe's workwithinwork. He also performed featured roles in William Forsythe's workwithinwork and Stanton Welch's Clear. He created the title role in Robert Hill's Dorian and a leading role in Rabbit and Rogue.

Hallberg was a recipient of the Princess Grace Fellowship and the Chris Hellman Dance Award for 2002-2003. He received a nomination for the Benois de la Danse Award in 2006. Hallberg has guested and danced in galas throughout the world from Japan to the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, to name a few.