Liza Avsajanishvili

Liza Avsajanishvili

Ballet

  • Rudolf Nureyev Dance Competition 1st Prize winner 2016
  • Eva Evdokimova Ballet Competition Gold 2017
  • Vaganova Prix 3rd prize winner 2018

Liza Avsajanishvili
October 30, 1992 (Georgia)
Ballet dancer

  • Dancer with STAATSBALLETT BERLIN

Liza Avsajanishvili is originally from Tbilisi, where she began her studies at the V. Chabukiani School (2012-2016).

In 2017, Liza entered the Vaganova Academy and studied with the legendary teacher Lyudmila Valentinovna Kovaleva until 2020. 

Elizaveta danced as an artist of the Mariinsky Theater until 2022, she was on of the best graduates of the Vaganova Academy in 2020, was personally awarded by Nikolai Tsiskaridze – Premier of the Bolshoi Theater and Rector of the Vaganova Academy.

Her school repertoire includes the role of the Queen of Waters in the film “Underwater Kingdom” from the ballet «Humpback Horse», the role of Masha in The Nutcracker and the Fairy Dolls in the ballet of the same name. 

REPERTOIRE:

  • The Nutcracker (Princess Masha, Sugar Plum Fairy), Vasili Vainonen
  • The Fairy Doll (The Fairy Doll), Konstantin Sergeyev
  • The Little Humpacked Horse (Queen of the Waters), Alexei Ratmansky
  • Suite en blanc (pas de trois), Serge Lifar
  • Les Sylphides (Waltz No. 11), Mikhail Fokin
  • Le Spectre de la rose (young girl), Mikhail Fokin
  • Jewels (Emeralds pas de trois), George Balanchine
  • Don Quixote (The Queen of Dryads, Cupid, The Flower Seller), Marius Petipa
  • Sleeping Beauty (Faries Canarie and Violante, Variations Gold and Silver), Marius Petipa
  • La Bayadère (Trio of shades), Marius Petipa
  • Raymonda (2nd variation, dream scene), Marius Petipa
  • Rossini Cards, Mauro Bigonzetti
  • Le Corsaire (Pas d’Odalisques), Marius Petipa/Pyotr Gusev.

REPERTOIRE IN BERLIN:

  • Cacti, Alexander Ekman
  • Messa da Requiem, Christian Spuck
  • Petrushka, Marco Goecke.

Other Achievements

  • 2015 International Ballet Festival, Ufa, Russia
  • 2019 Workshop with Palucca University of Dance, Dresden
  • 2019 Ballet Festival/Vaganova Ballet Academy Gala, Athens, Greece.