10 Facts About Maria Perini

Maria Perini was married to the Polish-Georgian artist Henryk Hryniewski.

Maria Perini's students remembered their teacher as a sincere, impartial, exciting person who dedicated all her life to establishing and developing classical ballet in Tbilisi, and recall their childhood as bright and beautiful thanks to her.

Maria Perini was born in Northern Italy and graduated from Turin Royal Opera ballet school.

Maria Perini performed alongside such well-known dancers as Virginia Zucchi, P Lenian, and Enrico Cecchetti.

In 1891, Maria Perini was invited to perform at the Tbilisi Opera Theatre as soloist.

Maria Perini was the first to perform 32 fouette turns for the Georgian audience and demonstrated virtuoso performance of ballet moves.

Maria Perini was appointed as director, while Nicholas Sergeyev, ballet master at the Saint Petersburg Opera Theatre, was invited as pedagogue.

You could see Maria Perini's caring hand in their dancing, as well as Sergeev's and Arbatov's artistic taste.

In 1936, Maria Perini attended and was impressed by the premiere of the first Georgian ballet, staged by her student, Vakhtang Chabukiani.

Maria Perini was forced to leave the Soviet Union and sold everything she had to move first to Turin and then to Nice, where her sister had a guesthouse.