User:Ballet96/Turazashvili, Ana

Ana Turazashvili (born in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a ballet dancer. She is a soloist at the Bolshoi Theater.

Biography
Ana Turazashvili was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1999 to 2004, she studied at the Tbilisi Choreographic School named after V. Chabukiani. In 2004, she joined the Moscow State Academy of Choreography.

She was taught by Elena Nikolaevna Vatuliya. .

She graduated from the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in 2007 and joined the ballet troupe of the Tbilisi State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Z. Paliashvili under the supervision of Nina Ananiashvili.

She joined the Bolshoi Ballet Company in 2009. She works under the supervision of Marina Kondratieva.

She was included in Dance Magazine's "25 to watch" in January 2015, a list of young artists to watch out for in the upcoming year. In October 2016, they named her "Dancer of the Month".

Repertoire
2009:


 * Giselle (Friend to Giselle)
 * The Nutcracker (the Final Waltz and Apotheosis) by P. Tchaikovsky

2010:


 * Jewels (Rubies) in the Bolshoi's premiere performance.

2012:


 * Swan Lake (Swan, three swans)
 * The Flames of Paris (Friend to Armida) by B. Asafyev
 * Emeralds (part I of the ballet Jewels) (Pas de Trois) to music by G. Faure
 * Diamonds (part III of the ballet Jewels) (soloist) to music by P. Tchaikovsky
 * Ivan the Terrible (Boyarynia) to music by S. Prokofiev
 * Moidodyr (Candle) by E. Podgayts and choreographed by Y. Smekalov

2013


 * The Sleeping Beauty (The Silver Fairy)
 * Swan Lake (Hungarian Bride)
 * Marco Spada (Friend to La Marquise Sampietri) to music by D. F. E. Auber
 * Don Quixote (The 2nd Variation in Grand Pas) version by A. Fadeyechev.

2014:


 * The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Florine)
 * Ivan the Terrible (Victory Herald)
 * Don Quixote (The Queen of the Dryads) version by A. Fadeyechev.

2015:


 * A Hero of Our Time (Bela)

2016:


 * Raymonda (Clémence, friends to Raymonda) by A. Glazunov
 * The Flames of Paris (Adeline) by B. Asafyev, choreographed by A. Ratmansky

2017:


 * Le Corsaire (Gulnara)
 * The Nutcracker (French Doll)
 * Nureyev (The Paris Waltz, Paparazzi scenes) by I. Demutsky
 * Anna Karenina (Lidia Ivanovna) by P. Tchaikovsky.