Maia Makhateli was born in Tbilisi Georgia. She began her training at the Choreographic institute of Vakhtang Chabukiani.

In 2002 Maia moved to the United States and she continued her training in Colorado.
Maia was finalist and medalist in many competitions in that time which got her an offer to join the Colorado Ballet. Shortly after she became a principal with the company.

In 2005 Maia joined the Birmingham Royal Ballet.

In 2007 she was invited to join the the Dutch National Ballet where shortly after she became a principal dancer.

Awards:
2011 – The Nina Ananiashvili and Gilbert Albert Award. 
2014 – Nominated as one of the outstanding dancers in the Netherlands by Critics’ Choice for her performance in Aleksei Ratmansky’s Firebird and in Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky pas de deux.
2015 – The Alexandra Radius Prize for remarkable achievements. 
2018 – The Benois de la Danse prize nomination for the role of Marguerite Gautier in Lady of Camelia’s by John Neumeier
2020 – Winner of Dance Europe Magazine Critics’ Choice “Dancer of the year Award”.

Maia has been expanding her career worldwide. She has been invited to perform with various theaters like Teatro San Carlo, The Rome Opera, The Macedonian Ballet Theatre, The Slovakian Ballet Theatre, and many more.

She has been a world wide guest at many well-known gala’s and festivals such as “The Roberto Bolle and Friends Gala” and the world known “Dance Open Festival” in St. Petersburg.

Recently she performed in José Carlos Martínez’ Le Corsair in the Slovenian National Theatre, Benjamin Pechs Swan Lake in the Rome Opera and Ballet Frida Kahlo which was made on her by Annabelle Ochoa Lopez at the the Dutch National Ballet. Her most recent appearance was in the new production of Giselle by Eleonora Abbagnato, which premiered in Cagliari at the Teatro lirico. Recently she debuted in the role of Raymonda in the world premiere of Raymonda at the Dutch National Ballet by Rachel Beaujean.

Maia is featuring in many International Ballet Gala’s, if you want to explore the possibilities please contact booking@maiamakhateli.com

For general questions, please contact info@maiamakhateli.com