Natalia Kukuladze

Natalia Kukuladze graduated from Vakhtang Chabukiani Choreographic School in 2009 and worked as ballet teacher after that. In 2014, she started an internship as a ballet dancer at Tbilisi Zakaria Paliashvili State Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Since 2016, Natalia has been a ballet dancer at Giorgi Aleksidze Tbilisi Contemporary Ballet. She has performed in the company’s repertoire ballets and projects:

Giorgi Aleksidze’s choreography: Ballet miniatures - Giya Kancheli The Martyrdom of Queen Shushaniki, Isaak Dunaevsky Chaplin, Dmitri Shostakovich Fear, J. S. Bach Agnus Dei, Antonio Vivaldi La Notte; Diplipito and Psalm - contemporary ballets to Giya Kancheli’s music; part of the Clown in Connexion, a contemporary ballet to Alfred Schnittke’s music; part of Margarita in Pirosmani, a contemporary ballet to Sulkhan Nasidze’s music and Red Woman in Alban Berg’s Lyric Suite.

Mariam Aleksidze’s choreography: parts of Chorus and Turquoise Beauty in Khamsa, a contemporary ballet based on the poems by Nizami Ganjavi, music by Polad Bülbüloğlu, stage design by Muraz Murvanidze; parts of Echo and Ariadne in the contemporary ballet METAMORPHOSES based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses, to the music by J. S. Bach and original music by Nika Machaidze, stage design by Ana Ninua; part of Francesca in BEATRICE a contemporary ballet based on The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, in accordance with David Maziashvili’s idea and concept, Dario Marianelli, contemporary Italian composer and winner of Oscar, Golden Globe and many other awards, created original music especially for the ballet, that was performed live on stage by Tbilisi State Chamber Orchestra – Georgian Sinfonietta; costume designer -Tamuna Ingorokva. She is participating in the following performances: Dovin-Doven-Dovli…, a contemporary ballet based on Galaktion Tabidze’s poetry; PENSATIVA, …à la Duduki, Gurji-Khatun, The Sound of Daira…,FOLIA, Metronome, STALAG VIII-A, The Goldberg Variations, 12 Visits, The Bach Project 1 and others.

Natalia Kukuladze is constantly touring Georgian regions with the company. In 2019, Mariam Aleksidze’s contemporary ballet STALAG VIII-A staged to Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time was shown in Theater Rigiblick in Zurich, Switzerland, with participation of the Company and Natalia together with Swiss-based musicians Irina Vardeli, Mattia Zappa, Andreas Janke and Dimitri Ashkenazy.

In 2019 the company joined the global celebration of 100 years’ anniversary of Merce Cunningham, Natalia took part in Cunningham Dance Technique Classes and Repertoire Workshop conducted by Guest teacher Ashley Chen for the company dancers and students; In 2020 she participated in one of the most distinguished British choreographers Wayne McGregor Repertoire Workshop that was held for the company dancers by the dancer and guest teacher of the Wayne McGregor Company, Louis McMiller.

In 2020 Natalia was filmed in the music video Autumn Rain by Nash Albert, choreographed by Mariam Aleksidze and filmed at the Rustaveli National Theatre.

In 2021 and 2022 Natalia Kukuladze participated in the gala concerts dedicated to Georgia’s Independence Day and the Gala dedicated to Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II which took place at Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre. (2023)

Since 2023, Natalia Kukuladze has been promoted to Soloist at Giorgi Aleksidze Tbilisi Contemporary Ballet.