(22 Apr 2024)
BOSNIA GEORGIAN DANCE
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
LENGTH: 7’35
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sarajevo, Bosnia – 21 April 2024
1. Various of dancers in traditional costumes performing swirling dances
2. Dancers perform piece including moves that involve jumping and landing, spinning on knees
3. Dancers bowing on stage AUDIO Applause
4. Various of Nino Sukhishvili, Georgian National Ballet general director (sitting) and her brother and the troupe’s chief choreographer, Iliko Sukhishvili overseeing a rehearsal
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Nino Sukhishvili, Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet’s general director:
“Our dance company is (a) state dance company, but it is also the family business because, you know, there is three generation(s) of my family dedicated their lives to that company so it is very important for me.”
6. Dancers rehearsing on stage
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Nino Sukhishvili, Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet’s general director:
“It is like a fairytale about my country because each composition of our program, each dance, can tell you the story about Georgia, about people who live in the mountain region or the people who live at the seashore. So Georgia is a small country but it is a very, various, different regions we have so we try to represent whole Georgia. And our program, it is actually content of aspects of Georgian life and different colourful costumes and, actually, it is a nice show, I think, and still successful after 80 years, still successful, and I am happy to be here to represent the country all over the world and the people who know nothing about my country, Georgia, after our performance they can imagine what (kind of) people we are and what (kind of a) country we have.”
8. Various of troupe members performing dances, in various costumes, on stage
9. Reverse shot of Iliko Sukhishvili sitting on stage, overseeing rehearsal
10. Feet walking on stage
11. Tilt up from dancer’s feet to his face
12. Group of dancers rehearsing on stage
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Iliko Sukhishvili, Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet chief choreographer:
“For us, for artists, when we feel this emotional change, you can feel it from the audience, and this contact is very important for us. In different countries it is different (reaction from) people watching us and we can feel this difference between how can they catch it, how can they feel it, but (in) the end, the success is always great, always we have it and thanks for every audience because they always take it very well.”
14. Various of support staff preparing, ironing costumes for performance
15. Various of dancers performing on stage in various costumes
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Ana Koridze, Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet dancer:
"We always sacrifice our time, our energy and everything we have, but in the end, when the show is over and we have this audience clapping and shouting and satisfying (satisfied), this is very good. So we sacrifice our time and energy because of this and we want every time more and more and more."
17. Various of dancers performing with swords
18. Dancer stretching back stage
19. Various of dancer warming up, practicing his moves back stage
20. Various of dancers performing on stage
21. Wide pan of audience applauding
22. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Vesna Hadzikaric, audience member:
“As I watched the performance, I kept repeating to myself ‘this is so beautiful, this is so beautiful.’ I am glad that they came and that I had a chance to see them.”
23. Audience applauding
24. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Senka Hodzic, audience member:
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