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the court verdict was issued. This is not the subject of our overcome the greatest opposition for preserving the complex
discussion. system. Proceeding from the new political-economic reality
the paid sector was founded in the School, which for a certain
period of time even formed problems – it is quite strange,
RENAISSANCE but the parents, who paid for their children’s studies, despite
NINA artistic potentials of their children considered they should
dance main parts. The School authorities gradually tried to
In 2004 Nina Ananiashvili headed the School as its eradicate this “system”. Even more, today, if the students of
artistic director; the School director is Zviad Bakradze. When the paid sector reveal hard work and improve skills with the
Nina came to the School, it was practically disintegrated. help of the teachers, such students are transferred to the
The students had their lessons in general subjects and ballet unpaid sector. It is easy to imagine what a good stimulus it
classes in different buildings. Sometimes it happened so is for the future dancers. Whoever looks at the ballerinas,
that they had no building for lessons and had their lessons always smiling young women, fluttering like butterflies, does
figuratively in the “buses”. Such was the School to which Nina not know that they have firm will and are purposeful “steel
Ananiashvili came then – renowned ballerina, who needed no orchids”. They often have to come to the stage with the blood-
additional title to her fame. In this respect the School is lucky skimmed legs and behind the scenes their faces are often
– first Chabukiani refused being premier in the big city and distorted from pain and still they come and dance to please
conducted cardinal reforms in the School, which was based and charm the audience with their art, and also to amaze the
on the strong foundation of Perini and Javrishvili. This time, spectators once more. This requires strong will and this will
in the heaviest period for the School another great famous should be elaborated from the early childhood and should be
dancer Nina Ananiashvili returned to her home country. The strengthened as well. The School teachers chose that way
School faced great problems also because the so-called from the very first years. Unlike from the teaching structure
education reform started. Unfortunately, the revolutionary of Chabukiani’s and further periods, when the students were
reforms rarely bring success, more when the reform is received by selection only from the fourth form, at present
conducted by incompetent persons and at the level of very they are received to the preparation classes from the first
fast experiment (which is inhuman, as it is wrong to make form. The most experienced teachers give the students
experiments with children). The main thing is that no specific lessons in classical, Georgian, historical-everyday dances
features of the art schools of special profiles were taken and in rhythmic; the lessons are held in stretching, which
into consideration; in the period of Vakhtang Chabukiani at the first sight seem strange and which are necessary for
through his hard efforts, a complex teaching was introduced the formation of the future dancers’ body. In parallel, general
– classical dance and general subjects. It was a wise system, subjects are also taught… The first class students are so very
which was being improved within the years and enabled the charming, some of them being a bit plump. But after a few
students not to lose time to go to two different schools. Just months they become far thinner, more refined… Studies in
the “revolutionary” ideas on dissolution of this time-approved the Choreographic School are too difficult! The final selection
system were initiated by the people, which were unaware of starts from the fourth form by serious three-round examination
the importance of art and education. Through the hardest and those are chosen, which possess the skills necessary for 59
efforts of the School new authorities it was managed to the future dancers either by nature or through studying in the