Nino Shalvovna Ramishvili ( ka, ნინო შალვას ასული რამიშვილი; 19 January 1910 – 6 September 2000) was a Soviet and Georgian ballet dancer, choreographer, and co-founder of the

Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet The Georgian National Ballet ( ka, ქართული ეროვნული ბალეტი, tr) is the first professional state dance company in Georgia. Founded by husband and wife Iliko Sukhishvili and Nino Ramishvili in 1945, it was ...

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. The term is confusingly used to translate two Russian language titles: Народный арти ...

(1963) and

Hero of Socialist Labour The Hero of Socialist Labour () was an Title of honor, honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. It represented the highest degree of distinction in the USSR and was awarded for exceptional achievem ...

(1990).

Career

From 1922 to 1927, Ramishvili studied at the ballet school of

Maria Perini Maria I. Perini (March 10, 1873 - 1939) was an Italian ballet teacher. In 1916, she opened the first private ballet studio in the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts and went on to teach many of the famous Georgian dancers including Dimitri and Irina Al ...

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი, ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), ( ka, ტფილისი, tr ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia ( ...

. From 1927 to 1936, she was the soloist of the ballet theater Paliashvili, where she performed in productions of

Abesalom and Eteri ''Abesalom da Eteri'' ( ka, აბესალომ და ეთერი; ''Abesalom and Eteri'') is an opera by the Georgian composer Zacharia Paliashvili and librettist Petre Mirianashvili (b. 1860) based on a medieval Georgian folk poem ...

Daisi ''Daisi'' ( ka, დაისი, tr) is an opera in three acts by the Georgian composer Zacharia Paliashvili to a Georgian libretto by Valerian Gunia. It was first performed at the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre on 19 December 1923. Composit ...

, ''The Tale of

Shota Rustaveli Shota Rustaveli ( ka, შოთა რუსთაველი, – after c. 1220), mononymously known simply as Rustaveli, was a medieval Georgian poet. He is considered to be the pre-eminent poet of the Georgian Golden Age and one of the g ...

'', ''

Keto and Kote ''Keto and Kote'' ( ka, ქეთო და კოტე, ''Keto da kote'') is a comic opera in three acts, by the Georgians, Georgian composer Victor Dolidze (composer), Victor Dolidze who also wrote the libretto based on Avksenty Tsagareli's 1 ...

'', and ''Tsisana''. In 1945, together with her husband Iliko Sukhishvili, Ramishvili founded the

, initially called the Georgian State Dance Company, where she became soloist and dance teacher until 1972. In 1972, she became chief

choreographer Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which Motion (physics), motion or Visual appearance, form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A chor ...

of the Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet. The Georgian National Ballet has been represented by world's many well-known impresarios and companies. The Georgian National Ballet has appeared at the Albert Hall, The Coliseum, The Metropolitan Opera, Madison Square, and dozens of famous venues. In 1967, La Scala welcomed them - it is the first and the only time a folklore group was given a chance to perform there. The curtain was lifted 14 times, a record. The costumes were designed by Simon (Soliko) Virsaladze (1908-1989).

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