Master Class Week with Nikoloz Mahkateli
Coming up on June 22nd, join us for a special 4-day master class week with Nikoloz Mahkateli!
Nikoloz Makhateli was a Principal Dancer for 26 years with the National Opera and Ballet Theater of Georgia USSR. He was trained at the State Choreographic Institute of Georgia. There as a protégé of famed Kirov dancer Vakhtang Chabukiani, he studied the complete eight-year Vaganova syllabus. From 1970-75 he studied at the Tbilisi State College of Theatrical Arts receiving his masters degree in ballet instruction, coaching, and choreography. He later studied choreography in St. Petersburg at the Vaganova Ballet Academy, learning the entire Petipa repertoire under Oleg Vinogradov, former Artistic Director of the Kirov (Mariinsky) Ballet.
Nikoloz Makhateli was appointed Ballet Master of Maurice Bejart' school MUDRA Afrique, created by Maurice Bejart, President Leopold Sedar Senghor and the UNESCO.
In 1983, Mr. Makhateli was named an Honored Artist of the Georgian Republic. In 2000 Mr Makhateli was a Recipient of the “Order of the Mark of Distinction” the highest order of the Georgian Republic, as a principal dancer and ballet professor. He spent nine years as chairman of the Choreography Department of The Fine Arts College of Georgia. For the past twelve years, Mr. Makhateli has been in the United States, teaching nationally and internationally, as well as coaching many award winning young dancers throughout America. Prior to joining KAB’s faculty, Mr. Makhateli spent the last five years as a ballet instructor for the New Orleans Center of Cultural Arts.
Mr. Makhateli and his wife Marina are the proud parents of former Royal Ballet principal David Makhateli and Dutch National Ballet principal Maia Makhateli, both of whom began their training with their parents at the State Choreographic Institute in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Cost:
$40/day
$160/all days
Class is charged per-day. Select a minimum of one class to sign up.
Master Class Week is for Intermediate - Advanced Level Dancers
Master Class SCHEDULE
Monday (6/22)
Tuesday (6/23)
Thursday (6/25)
Friday (6/26)
4:45 - 7:15pm
ENROLLMENT INFORMATION
For more enrollment information or questions contact:
Grace Hendrian
School Administrator
616.710.1666
info@michiganballet.org
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Grand Rapids, MI 49546
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