The Most Famous
DANCERS from Georgia
This page contains a list of the greatest Georgian Dancers. The pantheon dataset contains 116 Dancers, 1 of which were born in Georgia. This makes Georgia the birth place of the 23rd most number of Dancers behind Czechia, and South Africa.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Georgian Dancers of all time. This list of famous Georgian Dancers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Vakhtang Chabukiani (1910 - 1992)
With an HPI of 57.62, Vakhtang Chabukiani is the most famous Georgian Dancer. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Vakhtang Mikheilis dze Chabukiani (March 12, 1910 – April 6, 1992) was a Soviet and Georgian ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher. He is considered to be one of the most influential male ballet dancers of the 20th century, and is noted for creating the choreography of several of the most famous male variations of the classical ballet repertory, for example in Le Corsaire, La Bayadère, and Swan Lake. He is also noted for his and Vladimir Ponomaryov's 1941 revival of La Bayadère for the Kirov Ballet, which is still retained in the company's repertory and has served as the basis for many subsequent productions in Russia and abroad.
2. Nikolay Tsiskaridze (b. 1973)
With an HPI of 46.04, Nikolay Tsiskaridze is the 2nd most famous Georgian Dancer. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Nikolay Maximovich Tsiskaridze PAR (Russian: Николай Максимович Цискаридзе; Georgian: ნიკოლოზ ცისკარიძე, Nik'oloz Cisk'aridze) is a Russian ballet dancer who had been a member of the Bolshoi Ballet for 21 years (1992–2013).
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Georgian dancers born between 1910 and 1973. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Georgian dancers include Nikolay Tsiskaridze. The most famous deceased Georgian dancers include Vakhtang Chabukiani. As of April 2024, 1 new Georgian dancers have been added to Pantheon including Nikolay Tsiskaridze.
