David Makhateli

David is a graduate of the Tbilisi State Choreographic Institute of Vakhtang Chaboukiani and the Royal Ballet Upper School Vaganova Syllabus. He started training at the age of ten with his father Nikoloz Makhateli (Ex-Principal Dancer Tbilisi Opera Ballet Theatre
and now Choreographer and Teacher) and later Levan Mkhitaryan, Boris Rakhmanin (Bolshoi Ballet Academy), German Zamuel and legendary Soviet-Georgian dancer Vakhtang Chaboukiani.

Mr. Makhateli is a winner of International Ballet Competitions in Lausanne (Switzerland) “Prix Espoir”, Moscow Diaghilev International Ballet Competition (Russia) 1st Place Junior division and Diploma at the International Ballet Competition in Paris (France). In
February 2008 he was a recipient of a "Brilliance of the XXI Century" award with a fellow dancers at the Gala des Etoiles du XXIe Siecle - in New York, Lincoln Center and a Star Medal of St. Vladimir.

After Graduation was offered a contract with the Birmingham Royal Ballet (United Kingdom), year later moved to Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam (Netherlands) and then accepted a Soloist position with Houston Ballet (USA) becoming a Principal Dancer shortly after. He taught Master classes in schools in US and Georgia, and also for a
Panama National Ballet (Panama).

Mr. Makhateli is known worldwide and has performed in Russia (Moscow, St.Petersburg,Kazan), Japan (Tokyo, Osaka), Europe, United States, Brazil, Cuba, China, Korea, Panama, Georgia and other countries. In February 2010, Mr. Makhateli was invited as a guest principal by Carla Fracci to perform role of “Albrecht” with Evgenia Obraztsova in Fracci’s production of Giselle at the Teatro Opera di Roma.

Before joining The Royal Ballet in 2003 he was invited as a Guest Artist to dance the roles of Des Grieux opposite to Jamie Tapper's Manon and Romeo to Miyako Yoshida's Juliet in Kenneth Macmillan's "MANON" and "ROMEO and JULIET" at the
Royal Opera House. Mr. Makhateli has partnered numerous Prima Ballerinas among them are: Nina Ananiashvili and Svetlana Lunkina of Bolshoi Ballet, Darcey Bussell, Tamara Rojo, Marianela Nunez, Miyako Yoshida, Zenaida Yanowsky of Royal Ballet, Polina Semionova of Berlin Staatsopera, Alina Somova and Evgenia Obraztsova of Mariinsky
Ballet, Mizuka Ueno of Tokyo Ballet Mireille Hassenboehler of Houston Ballet and others.

Mr. Makhateli is currently a Principal dancer of The Royal Ballet, Covent Garden in London and Artistic Director / Adviser of Ensemble Productions. Recently organized with Ensemble Productions Gala Performance at the Royal Opera House “Tribute to Diaghilev”, "Homage to Nureyev" at the London Coliseum and in Athense, Greece International Ballet Gala with Stars dedicated to the memory of Rudolf Nureyev at the Herod Aticus Theater.

David Makhateli is married to Natalia Kremen (dancer with English National Ballet).

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