Nino Shalvovna Ramishvili ( ka, ნინო შალვას ასული რამიშვილი, russian: Нино Шалвовна Рамишвили; January 19, 1910 - September 6, 2000) was a

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

dancer,

choreographer Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...

, and the 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 ...

. She is the most famous

Georgian dance Georgian dance ( ka, ქართული ცეკვა) is the traditional dance of Georgia. It stems from military moves, sports games, and dances celebrated during holidays in the Middle Ages. The dance was popularized by the founders o ...

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 ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...

. From 1927 to 1936, she was the soloist of the ballet theater Paliashvili, where she performed in productions of ''Abesalom and Eteri'', ''Daisi'', ''The Tale of

Shota Rustaveli Shota Rustaveli ( ka, შოთა რუსთაველი, c. 1160 – 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 th ...

'', ''

Keto and Kote ''Keto and Kote'' (Georgian: ქეთო და კოტე, ''Keto da kote'') is a comic opera in three acts, by the Georgian composer Victor Dolidze who also wrote the libretto based on Avksenty Tsagareli's 19th-century romantic comedy ''K ...

'', 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

of the Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet.

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Судьба красоты — Нино Рамишвили
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramishvili, Nino Ballerinas from Georgia (country) 1910 births 2000 deaths Burials at Didube Pantheon Rustaveli Prize winners Heroes of Socialist Labour Recipients of the Order of Lenin Soviet ballerinas Soviet choreographers People's Artists of the USSR Stalin Prize winners Women choreographers Female dancers from Tbilisi