Andrii Havryliuk (Soloist) studied at the Kiev Ballet School in 2008, moved to the Choreographic College of the same city in 2015 and worked at the Munich Ballet Academy in Germany from 2016 to 2019. Since 2019, he has been soloist of Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre. Havryliuk is second prize winner of both the 3rd International Competition of Choreographic and Classical dance “Idea” and the 8th International Competition of Classical Dance “Glass Slipper.” His repertory includes Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake), Franz Variation (Coppélia), Solor Variation (La Bayadère Premiere in the National Opera of Ukraine), Colin Variation (La Fille Mal Gardée), Prince Désiré (The Sleeping Beauty), various modern choreographies, both solo and in a group, Pas de trois (Swan Lake) as a guest role in several Russian theaters, Variations (Spartakus), Khatchatourian (Gregorovitch), Variations (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland), and Grand pas Paquita (music by Marius Petipa, 1881).
Kai Kanzaki (Soloist) studied at the Japanese Ballet School (2003-2017), the Jazz Dance Studio Praimu (Japan) (2009-2013), the Tokyo Ballet School (2012-2017), and the National Conservatory of Dance in Portugal (2017-2019). Since 2019, he has been soloist of Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Ballet Theater. Kanzaki is the first prize winner of the 2017 NBA All Japan Ballet Competition, the second prize winner of the 2018 XV International Dance Festival “TANZOLYMP” (Germany), and a semifinalist of the 28th Varna International Ballet Competition (Bulgaria). His repertory includes roles in Don Quixote (The Companhia National de Bailado, 2019), Graduation Ball (The National Conservatory Dance School, 2018), Bolero (Aurelie Dupont, 2017), Onegin (Stuttgart Ballet, 2015) and Romeo and Juliet (The Tokyo Ballet, 2014).
David Ananeli (Soloist) was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 2003 he graduated from Vakhtang Chabukiani Ballet Art State School and the same year joined Tbilisi Z. Paliashvili Opera and Ballet State Theatre as a ballet artist. Since 2010, he has been a soloist at the State Ballet of Georgia. His repertory includes Hans (Giselle); Espada, Bolero (Don Quixote); The Spanish Dance, Mazurka, Rothbart (Swan Lake); Mengo, The Dance With Castanets (Laurencia, choreography by Vakhtang Chabukiani, choreographic version by Nukri Maghalashvili); Drosselmeyer, The Prince, The Indian Doll (The Nutcracker); Paris (Romeo and Juliet); Petroff (From Siberia to Moscow); The Golden Slave (Sheherazade); leading roles in George Balanchine’s Duo Concertant, Serenade, Mozartiana, Western Symphony; Jiří Kyliáns Sechs Tänze, Stepping Stones, Sarabande, Alexei Ratmansky’s Dreams About Japan and Bizet Variations; Trey McIntyre’s Second Before the Ground; Yuri Possokhov’s Sagalobeli and Reflection; and Frederick Ashton’s Thais pas de deux.
Ekaterine Surmava (Soloist) graduated from Vakhtang Chabukiani Ballet Art State School in 2009 (tutor N. Didebulidze) and joined Tbilisi Z. Paliashvili Opera and Ballet Professional State Theatre. She has been a leading soloist at State Ballet of Georgia since May 2014. Surmava is the first-prize winner of the International Ballet and Contemporary Dance Competition - Domenico Modugno (May, 2015). In February 2016 she took part in the Gala-concert in memory of Raisa Struchkova (Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow), Ananiashvili’s Final Classical Gala (Bunka Kaikan, Tokyo, 2017) and Celebration of Valentin Elizariev’s 70th Anniversary (Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus, 2017). Leading roles in her repertory include Odette, the Brides, Big Swan, Pas de trois (Swan Lake), Giselle (Giselle), Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), The French Doll, Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker), Jacinta (Laurencia), Variation (Don Quixote), The Jockey Dance (From Siberia to Moscow), Seventh Waltz (Chopiniana), and Terpsichore (Apollo Musagete). In addition, she has had solo performances in Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco, Serenade, Duo Concertant, Mozartiana, Western Symphony; Bizet Variations; Sagalobeli (choreography by Possokhov), Reflection (choreography by Possokhov), Birthday Offering and Thais pas de deux (choreography by Ashton), Second before the Ground (choreography by Trey McIntyre), Secret Garden (S. Evtimova choreography), First Flash (choreography by Jorma Elo), Petite Mort, Sechs Tänze (choreography by Jiří Kylián), and Petite Cérémonie (choreography Medhi Walerski).
Nino Samadashvili (Soloist) graduated from Vakhtang Chabukiani Ballet Art State School in 2011 under tutorship of L. Chkhikvishvili and the same year got accepted in Ballet Company of Tbilisi Z. Paliashvili Opera and Ballet State Theatre. Since January 2014 she is a Leading Soloist of State Ballet of Georgia. Her solo repertory includes: Odette-Odile, The Bride, Big Swan (Swan Lake, choreography by A. Fadeechev); Sugar Plum Fairy (Nutcracker, choreography by A. Fadeechev), Raymonda Variation (Raymonda, choreography by Fadeechev and N. Ananiashvili), Giselle, Mirtha (Giselle, choreography by A. Fadeechev), Queen of Dryads, First and second variations (Don Quixote choreography by A. Fadeechev and N.Ananiashvili), Seventh Waltz (Les Sylphides, choreographic version by N. Ananiashvili), Bizet Variations (choreography by A. Ratmansky), Сoncerto Barocco, Symphony in C, Serenade, Tchaikovsky pas de deux (choreography by G. Balanchine), Wings (choreography by Giorgi Aleksidze), The Secret Garden (choreography by A. Evtimova), Petite Mort (choreography by Jiří Kylián), Petite Cérémonie (choreography by Medhi Walerski). Her further repertory includes Yuri Possokhov’s Sagalobeli and Reflection, Trey McIntyre’s Second before the Ground, August Bournonville’s Le Conservatoire; Nino got Grand Prix Prize and the first place at “Rigas Pavasaris 2013”, International Ballet Competition in Riga.
Nutsa Chekurashvili (Soloist) graduated from Vakhtang Chabukiani Ballet Art State School in 2011 under tutorship of L. Chkhikvishvili. She also got accepted into Tbilisi Z. Paliashvili Opera and Ballet State Theatre Ballet Company that year and has been a soloist with them since 2014. Her repertory in leading and solo parts includes Giselle (Giselle), Kitri, Kitri’s friend (Don Quixote, choreographic version by N. Ananiashvili and A. Fadeechev), Odette-Odile, Pas de Troyes, Little Swan, The Brides, Neapolitan Dance (Swan Lake, choreography by A. Fadeechev), Javara (Gorda, choreography by Vakhtang Chabukiani, choreographic version by Nina Ananiashvili), Firebird (Firebird, staging by Andris Liepa), Lisa (La fille mal gardée, choreography by A. Fadeechev), Sugar Plum Fairy, Marie (Nutcracker, choreography by A. Fadeechev), Tarantella (G. Balanchine’s choreography), Pasquale (Laurencia, choreography by Vakhtang Chabukiani, choreographic version by N. Maghalashvili), Rhine-Soloist (From Siberia to Moscow, choreography by A. Bournonville), Pas de Deux from the ballet Flower Festival in Genzano (choreography by A. Bournonville), Mazurka (Chopiniana, N. Ananiashvili version), Pas d’esclave (Corsair), Bizet Variations (choreography by A. Ratmansky), as well as leading roles in Sagalobeli, Reflection (choreography by Y. Possokhov), Second Before the Ground, Inverted world (choreography by T. McIntyre), Conservatoire (choreography by A. Bournonville), solo roles in Serenade, Concerto Barocco, Tarantella (choreography by G. Balanchine), Wings (choreography by G. Aleksidze), The Secret Garden (choreography by S. Evtimova), Petite Mort, Falling Angels (choreography by J. Kylián), First Flash (choreography by J. Elo), and Petite Cérémonie (choreography by Medhi Walerski).
Philip Fedulov (Soloist) attended the Rock School in Philadelphia, PA, from 2001 to 2009 under the tutorship of Natasha Zeiger and Servy Gallardo. From 2009 to 2010 he continued in Orlando Ballet II in Orlando, FL, under the tutorship of Olivier Munoz and Peter Stark. Later in the year, he joined Houston Ballet II in Houston, TX under the tutorship of Claudio Munoz. From 2011 to 2013, Fedulov was a ballet artist in Allison Ballet in New York, under the tutorship of Edward Ellison. In 2013, Fedulov joined the Tbilisi Z. Paliashvili Opera and Ballet Professional State Theatre company as a soloist and performed leading roles including Albrecht in Giselle, Prince in Nutcracker (choreography by A. Fadeechev), Tsareivich in Firebird (staging by Andris Liepa), Siegfried (act II) in Swan Lake (choreography by A. Fadeechev), Mamia in Gorda (choreography by Vakhtang Chabukiani, choreographic version by Nina Ananiashvili), Pas de trois, Adagio, Pas de quatre in Raymonda, solo parts in Serenade, Mozartiana, Symphony in C (choreography by G. Balanchine), Petite Mort, SechsTanze (choreography by J. Kylián), Sagolobeli (choreography by Y. Possokhov), and Tsuna and Tsrutsuna (staging choreographers: Nina Ananiashvili, Gia Marghania). On Mar 25-29, 2015, he participated in Domenico Modugno, an international ballet and contemporary dance competition in Bari, Italy, where he won first prize in duet performances, accompanied by Ekaterine Surmava.
Yonen Takano (Soloist) trained from 2001-2008 at Kimika Kimura Atelier de Ballet in Yokohama, followed by the Vaganova Ballet Academy (class of Boris Bregvadze) in St. Petersburg, graduating in 2011. In Sep 2011, Takano joined the Mikhailovsky Ballet Theatre in St. Petersburg as one of the first dancers Nacho Duato personally selected for the company. His repertory at the company included roles in Nunc Dimittis, Invisible, Duende, Multiplicity, and Forms of Silence and Emptiness (all by Nacho Duato), The Waltz, The Hunting Man-Soloist in Sleeping Beauty, The Friend of Tybalt, Capulet Soldier in Romeo and Juliet, Harlequin, The Chinese Doll, and The Mouse in The Nutcracker. Takano was awarded the Danseur Noble Prize at the Korean International Ballet Competition, Diploma at the Arabesque International Ballet Competition and the Rudolf Nureyev International Ballet Competition, and was a finalist at the Helsinki International Ballet Competition. In June 2014, Takano joined the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre Ballet Company as soloist and danced leading roles including Basilio (Don Quixote), Frondoso (Laurencia), The Prince, The French Doll in (The Nutcracker), Jean de Brienne (Raymonda), solo roles in ballets by George Balanchine (Tchaikovsky pas Tchaikovsky pas de Deux, Symphony in C), Jiří Kylián (Petite Mort), Trey McIntyre (Oh, Inverted World) and Yuri Possokhov (Sagalobeli). In 2015, Takano danced the leading part with Nina Ananiashvili in the ballet Le Spectre de la Rose by Mikhail Fokine.
Papuna Kapanadze (Corps de Ballet) graduated from Vakhtang Chabukiani School. In 2017, Kapanadze joined the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre Ballet Company. His repertory at the company includes roles in The Nutcracker, Laurencia, Don Quixote, and Swan Lake. He took first place in the International Youth Choreography Competition—Riga Spring 2019 and at The Flower Festival at the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre.
Ruika Yokoyma (Soloist) studied at the Niigata ballet school from 2001 to 2013. From 2013 to 2016, she studied at Escola de Dança do Conservatório Nacional in Lisbon, Portugal. Since 2016, she has been a soloist at the ballet company of the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre. Her repertory includes Princess Aurora, Four Couples in Flower Waltz (Tchaikovsky), The Sleeping Beauty, Soloist Mazurka Chopiniana, Soloist of Peers (Prokofiev) Romeo and Juliet, Chinese doll (Tchaikovsky) The Nutcracker, Pas de trios (Tchaikovsky) Swan Lake, Myrta Pas-de-six (Adam) Giselle, First variation of soloist (Minkus) in the ballet Don Quixote. Other roles include those in Tsuna and Tsrutsuna (choreography by N. Ananiashvili) and Petite Cérémonie, Orawa (choreography by M. Walerski). Yokoyma’s awards include the highest score at the All Japan Ballet Competition (2013, Japan), Bronze medal at the Tanzolymp Ballet Competition (2014, Germany), and the Prix de Lausanne (2016, Switzerland).