Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Lizi Avsajanishvili grew up in the Georgian countryside, a long way from St. Petersburg and an even longer way from Orange County. Avsajanishvili’s journey from the Caucasian mountains has taken her via several international ballet competition wins, including the Rudolph Nureyev Young Talent award at the International Ballet Festival in Ufa, working with the British prima ballerina Maina Gielgud in Suite en Blanc, with the extraordinary French ballerina Dominique Khalfouni, and playing Princess Masha in The Nutcracker at age 16—just three years ago—and all via the renowned Vaganova Ballet Academy, where she was laureate of Vaganova-Prix ballet competition. “I am here now for peace and freedom. I could never imagine that in the 21st century war could again be a reason for such chaos and such hard life decisions. This opportunity at the "Reunited in Dance", first of all, being able to share the stage again with my beloved friends and colleagues after a long time apart- it means a lot. Hope is the one thing that can help us get through the darkest of times. I want to keep glowing, exploring new things in the safe, peaceful world ,” Avsajanishvili says.
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