Biography

Ekaterine Chubinidze began dancing at age 6 with the Georgian National Youth Palace and later attended the Vakhtang Chabukiani Tbilisi Ballet Art State School. In 2004, she joined the State Ballet of Georgia and, in 2009, she joined Samsun Opera and Ballet Theater in Turkey as a principal dancer.

Chubinidze’s repertoire with State Ballet of Georgia includes Sir Frederick Ashton’s Birthday Offering, George Balanchine’s Serenade, Chaconne, Mozartiana, Apollo, Donizetti Variations, and Western Symphony, August Bournonville’s The Flower Festival and Le Conservatoire, Alexei Fadeyechev’s Don Quixote, Jiří Kylián’s Stepping Stones, Nugzar Magalashvili’s Laurencia, Trey McIntyre’s Second Before the Ground, Marius Petipa’s Swan Lake and Giselle, and Her repertoire with Samsun Opera and Ballet includes Nugzar Magalashvili’s 1001 Nights, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Paquita.

Chubinidze’s Boston Ballet repertoire includes Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella, George Balanchine’s Serenade, Symphony in Three Movements, Episodes, Jewels, Theme and Variations, Symphony in C, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Coppélia, John Cranko’s Onegin and Romeo and Juliet, Val Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camellias, José Martinez’s Resonance, Rudolf Nureyev’s La Bayadère, The Sleeping Beauty and La Sylphide, Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker and Swan Lake, John Neumeier’s Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler, Leonid Yakobson’s Pas de Quatre, and Petr Zuska’s D.M.J. 1953-1977, among others.

Chubinidze was hailed by Voice of Dance for her “velocity and charm” on stage.

Chubinidze joined Boston Ballet in 2010.