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 National Ballet has ...

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 ...

Ananiashvili decided she couldn't refuse. The government gave her the necessary financial support to rebuild the ballet's repertoire and artistic rigor. Both had fallen into decline during the long ...

In its 70th year, the Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet remains in step with the times. George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium stage seemed barely big enough to contain the explosive ...

The National Ballet of Georgia Sukhishvili has performed in Kyiv several times before, but the upcoming show will be truly special. The ballet is celebrating a double anniversary this year: 100 years ...

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 ...

Nina Ananiashvili, the luminous ballerina of the Bolshoi and American Ballet Theatre, has added the title of “company artistic director” to her resume, and if one performance is a predictor, this new ...

So much of our lives are going online -- and here in Georgia, the classes run by the National Ballet are no exception. A student carefully watches and repeats the moves at home that are filmed on a ...