Maia Makhateli and Timothy van Poucke in Don Quixote PDD

Maia Makhateli and Timothy van Poucke in Don Quixote, music by Ludwig Minkus, choreography by Alexander Gorsky after Marius Petipa. Ballet Icons Gala 2025, shot on 9.3.2025 at the London Coliseum Theatre.

Maia Makhateli, currently a principal dancer with the Dutch National Ballet, is a Georgian ballet dancer. After terms with the Colorado Ballet and the Birmingham Royal Ballet, she joined the Dutch National Ballet in 2006, where she now is a principal dancer.

Timothy van Poucke is a Principal dancer with the Dutch National Ballet, born in Netherlands.

© Photos by Jack Devant Ballet Photography with kind permission of Ballet Icons, special thanks to Olga Balakleets and Alexandra Shchelkonogova