Candoco Dance Company Returns to Tbilisi

The British Council, in partnership with the Tbilisi Kote Marjanishvili State Drama Theatre, is organising the second series of a three-day inclusive dance workshop led by the internationally acclaimed Candoco Dance Company from the UK. Candoco’s  Dance Lab is for Georgian dancers interested in inclusive. It is being held from the 18-20 April 2018

The first training was conducted in autumn 2017.

Dance Labs are the part of British Council’s ‘Culture & Development: Unlimited’ programme with the aim of promoting and developing the inclusive arts by sharing the UK experience in involving people with disabilities in the arts and in supporting the creation of an accessible environment for them. Candoco dancers Jemima Hoadley and Welly O’Brien will share their expertise with the mixed group of disabled and non-disabled participants of the Dance Lab to take the unique opportunity to interact, take risks, experiment, test new ideas and share practice. 

Professional dancer Ketevan Zazanashvili, who has been supported by British Council Georgia in her continued professional development, will once again assist the Britishtrainers in the planning and delivery of the Lab.  We sent Keti to the Stopgap for the secondment, UK inclusive dance company last September. We also gave Keti the opportunity to share her experiences to the participants of international conferences in Kiev and Manchester.  

Training sessions by the UK inclusive dance company organised by the British Council will help the newly established Georgian inclusive dance company as well as all disabled and non-disabled participants to meet, establish new relationships and plan new cooperations. 

18, 19 and 20 April 

10 AM - 5 PM

Venue: Marjanishvili Theater, 8 Marjanishvili Street, Tbilisi.

by Máté Földi