{"id":52768,"date":"2021-02-23T10:42:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T10:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/?p=52768"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:33:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:33:35","slug":"maia-makhateli-on-motherhood-raked-stages-and-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/maia-makhateli-on-motherhood-raked-stages-and-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Maia Makhateli on motherhood, raked stages and truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>She is fighting to stay in shape in this difficult pandemic period as she has always fought her battles when she was a ballet student, with brave determination and iron discipline. Now, with new challenges ahead such as doing homework in Dutch with her son, the superstar of the Dutch National Ballet can\u2019t wait to be back performing for a live audience and looks back at her training years without regret. Here she tells everything to ALESSANDRO BIZZOTTO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have known Maia Makhateli for years, yet every time her energy surprises me somehow. She is indisputably a queen of ballet today. A Principal dancer with the Dutch National Ballet, she is a ballerina in demand \u2013 she is often on a plane to guest abroad, in Rome, Vilnius, Ljubljana, Naples among others, when she has not performances in Amsterdam. A few years ago, she also became a mother (her Instagram video of herself pregnant and balancing en pointe became viral and was shared even by actress Jennifer Garner), but she shows no sign of slowing down.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52770\" style=\"width: 683px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-52770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maia-Makhateli-\u00a9-Hans-Peter-Van-Der-Berg-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maia-Makhateli-\u00a9-Hans-Peter-Van-Der-Berg-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maia-Makhateli-\u00a9-Hans-Peter-Van-Der-Berg-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maia-Makhateli-\u00a9-Hans-Peter-Van-Der-Berg-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maia-Makhateli-\u00a9-Hans-Peter-Van-Der-Berg-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maia-Makhateli-\u00a9-Hans-Peter-Van-Der-Berg-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maia-Makhateli-\u00a9-Hans-Peter-Van-Der-Berg-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maia-Makhateli-\u00a9-Hans-Peter-Van-Der-Berg-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Maia-Makhateli-\u00a9-Hans-Peter-Van-Der-Berg-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maia Makhateli \u00a9 Hans-Peter Van Der Berg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"ihc-locker-wrap\"><div  class='ihc_locker_2'><div class='lock_content'><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Imagine_website_Digital_Exklusiv.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Weiterlesen mit Digital+<\/h2>\n<p>Alle Formate in einem ABO.<br \/>\nBequem auf Ihrem mobilen Endger\u00e4t Ihrer Wahl.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alle Artikel online lesen<\/li>\n<li>Zugang zum ePaper<\/li>\n<li>Zugang zum Online-Archiv von Dance for You<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Jetzt digital freischalten!<\/h4>\n<\/div><div class='lock_buttons'>\n  <!-- Login Form - Start -->\n  <div class=\"ihc-login-form-wrap ihc-login-template-11\">\n      <form method=\"post\" id=\"ihc_login_form\">\n          <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ihcaction\" value=\"login\" \/>\n          <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ihc_login_nonce\" value=\"b612e5e62b\" \/>\n\n          \n                    <!-- Username field -->\n          <div class=\"impu-form-line-fr\">\n              <i class=\"fa-ihc fa-username-ihc\"><\/i>\n              <input type=\"text\" value=\"\" name=\"log\" id=\"iump_login_username\" placeholder=\"Username\"\/>\n          <\/div>\n          <!-- End of username field -->\n          \n                    <!-- Password field -->\n          <div class=\"impu-form-line-fr\">\n              <i class=\"fa-ihc fa-pass-ihc\"><\/i>\n              <input type=\"password\" value=\"\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"iump_login_password\" placeholder=\"Password\"\/>\n              <span  class=\"ihc-hide-login-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                <\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <!-- End of Password field -->\n          \n          \n          <!-- Remember me checkbox -->\n                    <div class=\"impu-remember-wrapper\">\n              <input type=\"checkbox\" value=\"forever\" name=\"rememberme\" class=\"impu-form-input-remember\" \/>\n              <span class=\"impu-form-label-remember\">Remember Me<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n                    <!-- End of remember me --->\n\n          <!-- Additional links -->\n                        <div class=\"impu-form-links-pass\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/lost-password\/\">Lost your password?<\/a><\/div>\n                    <!-- End of Aditional links -->\n\n          <div class=\"ihc-clear\"><\/div>\n\n          <!-- captcha -->\n                    <!-- end of captcha -->\n\n          <!-- Submit bttn -->\n                        <div class=\"impu-form-line-fr impu-form-submit\">\n                  <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Log In\" name=\"Submit\"  class=\"button button-primary button-large\"\/>\n              <\/div>\n                    <!-- End of Submit bttn -->\n\n          <!-- Social -->\n                    <!-- End of Social -->\n\n          <!-- Additional links -->\n                        <div class=\"impu-form-links\">\n                <div class=\"impu-form-links-reg\">Don&#039;t have an account? 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