Word as Music and Movement (Western Literature in Mariam Aleksidze’s Choreography)

Join Professor David Maziashvili and Georgian Choreographer, Mariam Aleksidze for a compelling discussion on David’s latest work, and enjoy a captivating performance from the Giorgi Aleksidze Tbilisi Contemporary Ballet dancers as they perform fragments from Mariam Aleksidze’s performances as part of the book presentation.

Word as Music and Movement offers an in-depth analysis of the great world literary samples adapted by Mariam Aleksidze, the first Georgian female choreographer of contemporary ballet. More specifically, the book presents a multifaceted study of the European writers and philosophers, among them: Euripides, Ovid, Boethius, Dante, Shakespeare, James Joyce and Marijan, one of the first Georgian female poets, offering the insight into the reception-adaptation approach and their interpretation in Mariam Aleksidze’s contemporary Georgian ballet and choreography of 2016-2024 performances, namely: Shakespeare.Love, Metamorphoses, Marijan’s Room, Lucia’s Room, 12 Visits, Beatrice and Medea.

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