Tbilisi to Host Ballet Festival on June 23-July 1
The Ballet Festival, which was established last year, will open in Tbilisi on June 23 and close on July 1 at the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theater.
Within the program of the Festival, spectators will be able to see the performances of distinguished ballet stars and prominent ballet companies.
The Festival will be opened on June 23 with a program consisting of a world premiere of the resident choreographer Medhi Walerski - “Orawa”, and another ballet of his - “Petite Cérémonie”. “Rossini Overtures” and “Formami” of Mario Astolfi and his Spellbound Contemporary Ballet will become a welcomed addition to Medhi’s creations. This will be the first visit of Spellbound Contemporary Ballet to Georgia.
American superstar Marcelo Gomes will also take part in the festival and together with Artistic Director of the Festival, Nina Ananiashvili, he will perform in ''Romeo and Juliet" on June 26.
The Nederlands Dans Theater 2, are back in the festival, their first time being in 2017. They will present “Sad Case” and “Subtle Dust” of Sol León & Paul Lightfoot, “WirsagenunsDunkles” and “Midnight Raga” of Marco Goecke, and “Short Cut” of Hans van Manen on June 28-29.
The festival will be closed by “The Sleeping Beauty” with the participation of Nutsa Chekurashvili, Nino Samadashvili, Ekaterine Surmava, Ruika Yokoyama, Amandine Etoiles Albisson and Jérémy-Loup Quer from the Paris Opera Ballet and Marcelo Gomes.
The conductor of the performances will be Alevtina Ioffe (Russia).
The Festival is held with support of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia and project “Check in Georgia.”
Sponsors and supporters: Ministry of Culture and Sports, Tbilisi City Hall, Embassies of Italy and the Netherlands, Italy Authors and Publishers Society (SIAE), Italian Cultural Heritage Ministry (MiBACT), Georgian Ballet Friends' Society, TBC Bank, Hotel IOTA, Company Wissol, Château Mukhrani, TV Company Imedi, Radio Imedi, Radio Fortuna, TV Company ARTAREA, Indigo and City, Kikala Studio, Georgia Today.
You can see the festival program here.
Tickets are available here.
By Thea Morrison