Nina Ananiashvili and the State Ballet of Georgia are offering a full-year internship for male and female dancers for the 2012–2013 season. The internship will include accommodation. Shortlisted dancers will participate in all performances undertaken by the company, with further possibility of a full-time contract.

Jonathan Gray journeyed to Tbilisi in Georgia, to see the celebrations marking Nina Ananiashvili’s 30 years on stage. Here, he offers a personal tribute to a great ballerina

 

Not so very long ago, it was not unusual for a ballerina’s career to last well into her forties and beyond – just think of some of the great names from the past, like Anna Pavlova, Galina Ulanova, Margot Fonteyn, Maya Plisetskaya, Antoinette Sibley or Lynn Seymour.