Senior Principal dancer
Birthplace
Tbilisi, Georgia
Training
Tbilisi Choreographic School
Vaganova St-Petersburg Academy of Russian Ballet
Previous Companies
Russian Ballet Company, St Petersburg, St-Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theatre, St-Petersburg Ballet Theatre of Konstantin Tatchkin
English National Ballet
Joined 2002, Principal dancer, Senior Principal dancer 2007
Favourite roles
Title role in
Giselle, Kitri in
Don Quixote, Aurora in
The Sleeping Beauty
Career highlight
Creating principal role in
The Canterville Ghost, performing in Katie Melua's
It's Only Pain and appearing in the BBC production
The Impressionists
Other info
Won 2007 Ballet.co.uk Audience Poll for Best Female Dancer, Best Partner award at 7th Perm Open Competition 2002 and 8th Paris International Competition of Soloists 1998
Personal info
Married and has a son, Alexander Abashidze
"...the warmth and charisma to melt the frostiest audience and the experience to work the material to maximum effect"
The Observer
