TBILISI, April 21 (Reuters) - Georgia's National Ballet, the former Soviet country's famous folk dance ensemble, started giving lessons online after the group's popular dance schools closed their ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Nearly 80 years after its founding, the Georgian National Ballet Sukhishvili will step onto one of the world’s most prestigious stages for the first time. The internationally ...

When Ketie Danelia was approached a few years ago with the script for “And Then We Danced,” Levan Akin’s gay romantic drama about a young man’s sexual awakening in the masculine world of Georgian ...

It's not too early to say that the most heartbreaking performance of the new year comes from Levan Gelbakhiani as Merab, a talented Georgian dancer trying desperately to be true to his art and his ...

TBILISI (Reuters) - It has survived communist oppression, the Cold War, the break-up of the Soviet Union and counted Josef Stalin and Elvis Presley among its admirers, but at its heart the Georgian ...

Though the schedule might say The Georgian State Dance Company, don t expect a hoedown or interpretative dance on the life of Jimmy Carter. This program of folk dances reflects ceremonial and comic ...

Three long-limbed, statuesque women swirl across the stage in red dresses. Their drooping sleeves slash the air. Their bleached, buzz-cut heads glow in the dim light. Always seeking a balance between ...

A Georgian dance studio has inspired a group of Ukrainians living in Prague. The school's adult troupe is made up of mostly Ukrainian women keen on Georgian culture. One performer says Georgian dance ...

A Georgian dancer finds his voice amidst a conservative culture in Levan Akin's luminous drama, which is Sweden's official Oscar submission. Merab is a dancer. Like his mother and father before him, ...