The ensemble FLYING GEORGIANS, which operates at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University in the capital of Georgia, was founded by David Kikvadze in 1996.
The ensemble’s programme allows the audience to explore the Georgian spirit in all the aspects of its change over centuries. Female dancing captures grace and charm comparable with classical ballet. The steps are small, gentle and calm, suggestive of sliding on the ground, whereas men dance on their toes with vim and vigour, oozing virile energy in leaps, turns and spins.
The programme presented on the Festival stage will include the following dances: kartuli (a typically Georgian partner dance suffused with chivalry and gentleness), khorumi (harking back to the wars waged against the invading armies of Turks and Mongolians), adjaruli (a partner dance from the Adjarian coast of the Black Sea, with frivolous and flirtatious movements), khevsuruli (an epitome of the Georgian chivalry, whereby a sabre fight is stopped by a woman dropping her headgear), samaya (like a fresco revived, a memorial to Queen Tamar and typical attire of yore preserved in Georgian medieval paintings), khandjluri (depicting warriors’ descent from the mountains and their competition in casting daggers).
The band will be playing the accordion and the drums.
David Kikvadze acts as the ensemble leader and choreographer, Dezdemona Kldiashvili is the choreographer, and Tengiz Qirimlishvili is the band leader.
The ensemble’s programme allows the audience to explore the Georgian spirit in all the aspects of its change over centuries. Female dancing captures grace and charm comparable with classical ballet. The steps are small, gentle and calm, suggestive of sliding on the ground, whereas men dance on their toes with vim and vigour, oozing virile energy in leaps, turns and spins.
The programme presented on the Festival stage will include the following dances: kartuli (a typically Georgian partner dance suffused with chivalry and gentleness), khorumi (harking back to the wars waged against the invading armies of Turks and Mongolians), adjaruli (a partner dance from the Adjarian coast of the Black Sea, with frivolous and flirtatious movements), khevsuruli (an epitome of the Georgian chivalry, whereby a sabre fight is stopped by a woman dropping her headgear), samaya (like a fresco revived, a memorial to Queen Tamar and typical attire of yore preserved in Georgian medieval paintings), khandjluri (depicting warriors’ descent from the mountains and their competition in casting daggers).
The band will be playing the accordion and the drums.
David Kikvadze acts as the ensemble leader and choreographer, Dezdemona Kldiashvili is the choreographer, and Tengiz Qirimlishvili is the band leader.