Lali Kandelaki (
Georgian
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: ლალი კანდელაკი) (born September 9, 1972) is a Georgian ballerina with the
State Ballet of Georgia.
Biography
Kandelaki was born in
Tbilisi
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, Georgia, and trained under
Vakhtang Chabukiani
Vakhtang Mikheilis dze Chabukiani (Russian: Вахта́нг Миха́йлович Чабукиа́ни, ka, ვახტანგ ჭაბუკიანი) (March 12, 1910 – April 6, 1992) was a Soviet and Georgian ballet dancer, choreograp ...
,
Nina Didebulidze and Margarita Grishkevich. She debuted in
Sergei Prokofiev's
Cinderella at the
Tbilisi's Z. Paliashvili Opera and Ballet Professional State Theatre, where her repertoire included Odette-Odile in
Swan Lake
''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoye ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, link=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failur ...
, Gamzatti in
La Bayadere
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, Javara in ''Gorda'', and Kitri in
Don Quixote. Kandelaki appeared in George Aleksidze's Symphonic Dances at the 1997 Edinburgh International Festival.
She became principal dancer of Turkey's
Mersin Opera and Ballet Theatre in 1997. Until 2003 she played lead roles in N. Maghalashvili's stagings of ''Carmen'', ''Porgy and Bess'', ''Giselle'', ''Le Corasaire'' (Medora), ''One thousand and one nights'', and ''Romeo and Juliette''.
She has been a prima ballerina at the Z. Paliashvili State Theatre since 2003, and was company manager between 2011 and 2013.
In 2008 she toured with the
Royal Swedish Ballet in China, where her performance as Odette-Odile from Swan Lake reportedly included 32
double fouettés.
Awards
* 2009: Georgian
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*Order of Honor (Belarus), established in 1995
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*Order of Honour (Moldo ...
in 2009
* 2000: Gold and first prize at the Varna International Ballet Competition
* Vakhtang Chabukiani Medal
References
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Prima ballerinas
Ballerinas from Georgia (country)
Ballet dancers from Georgia (country)
1972 births
Living people
Female dancers from Tbilisi
Recipients of the Order of Honor (Georgia)