Sukhishvilebi announces 70th anniversary concerts in USA

Georgia’s internationally acclaimed folk dance company Sukhishvilebi is heading to the United States (US) to thrill American audiences with the beauty of Georgia’s national dance and modern repertoire. 

Georgia’s National Ballet Sukhishvilebi. Photo by Christian Miles Stomsvik.  

Sukhishvilebi will depart for the US in October and perform several concerts marking the 70th anniversary of the company.

Performances are scheduled for October 3 in Philadelphia, October 4 in New-York, October 5 in Baltimore and October 6 in Washington DC, Sukhishvilebi Facebook page reads. 

Georgia’s National Ballet Sukhishvilebi. Photo by Christian Miles Stomsvik.  

Posters presenting the New York concert will begin at 5.30pm at the Avery Fisher Hall, at the Lincoln Centre.

In Philadelphia the concert will begin at 8pm at the Lower Moreland Auditorium. 

Sukhishvilebi was established in 1945. The official name of the troupe is the Georgian National Ballet but in Georgia everyone called it Sukhishvilebi after its founder Iliko Sukhishvili.

 Georgia’s National Ballet Sukhishvilebi. Photo by Christian Miles Stomsvik.  

Over the years this name has become the brand name for the brilliant performances of Georgian folk dance.

The company has widely popularised Georgian culture and art traditions by performing all over the world, and recent concerts in Ukraine and Egypt were greatly applauded. 

See images from the dance company’s new program Ramishvilebi "In Pictures” on Agenda.ge.

Meanwhile last July Georgia’s Ministry of Culture announced 2015 as the year of Sukhishvilebi in recognition of the dance company’s contribution to promoting Georgian culture.