"Erisioni" means "exalted". This word is pronounced when the mountain peaks are illuminated by the setting sun.
The global international project of highly professional artists of the Georgian ethnic group "Erisioni", carried out with the support of producers American Jim Lowe and Frenchman Pascal Jordan, has become a phenomenal cultural phenomenon that contains a fifteen-century history of the development of the musical art of the Caucasus. In no way inferior in terms of dramaturgy and scale, and in many respects even surpassing the famous dance shows Riverdance and Lord of the Dance, the performance of "Legends of Georgia" has become one of the largest budget musical and choreographic spectacles in the history of show business, implemented using cutting-edge technologies . The masterful interweaving of stories from national history, embodied by the talent of more than a hundred artists in amazing dances, music and songs, complemented by stunning costumes, scenery, fantastic lighting and the best sound, turn the show into a triumph of Caucasian culture on the world stage. "Legends of Georgia" is a fascinating, charming and dynamic action - one of the most successful attempts to combine folk music, singing and dance on the stage in the frame of a bright modern show.
The show "Legends of Georgia" today is perhaps the most successful and most spectacular performance in the ethno style. For a limited period of time, the ancient Georgian song and choreographic tradition appears in front of the audience in all its beauty and diversity. A distinctive feature of the Erisioni Ensemble is that the artists of the group not only dance using the most complex acrobatic elements, but also sing “live”, using the famous Georgian traditions of polyphonic singing. State Academic Folk Song and Dance Ensemble of Georgia. To collect, restore, revive and popularize unique folk songs - this is the main task and goal pursued by the Ensemble. For more than 120 years, outstanding choreographers and performers have succeeded each other: Mikhail, Sandro, David and Anzor Kavsadze, Grigol Kokeladze, Grigol Chkhikvadze, Kiril Pachkoria, Shalva Mshvelidze, Valerian Tsagareishvili, Guram Bakradze, David Javrishvili, Jano Bagrationi, Bukhuti Darakhvelidze, Hamlet Gonashvili, Ilya Zakaidze. Today, the Ensemble is headed by People's Artists of Georgia, laureates of the Rustaveli State Prize, artistic director Jemal Chkuaseli and chief choreographer. The Ensemble's concert repertoire perfectly reflects Georgia with its various ethnographic corners. During its existence, the Ensemble has successfully performed in all the republics and large cities of the former Soviet Union. The performances of the Ensemble were enthusiastically received in Moscow, Kiev, the USA, Canada, Peru, Mexico and the Netherlands, Germany and Hungary, India, Vietnam, Singapore, Sweden and Spain, France and Switzerland, Belgium, China and in other countries of the world.
The show "Legends of Georgia", which, according to the universal recognition of the world press, surpasses the leaders of the genre in scope and dramaturgy - the modern ballet shows "Riverdance" and "LordoftheDance", has become one of the most successful musical and choreographic spectacles in the world, implemented using cutting-edge technologies for creating super shows.
The show "Legends of Georgia" tells about Georgia: about its history, its legends and its people, about the love of Georgians for the Motherland, about courage and kindness, about military victories and about love and respect for a woman... The new production of the show is based Georgian legend that when the Lord distributed the land to the peoples, the Georgians sat at the table, sang, danced, drank and had fun. And when they finally came to the Lord, he had no more lands left. Then the Georgians invited him to their table, and the Lord had such a wonderful time that, without hesitation, he gave the Georgians the land that he had reserved for himself.
The masterful interweaving of stories from the national history of Georgia and the Caucasus, skillfully embodied in amazing dances, music and songs, complemented by stunning costumes, scenery, fantastic lighting and the best sound, turn "Legends of Georgia" into a triumph of Caucasian culture on the world stage.
Georgian dances have no analogues. By the movements and posture of the dancing Georgian, by the way he holds himself, they could judge whether to marry his daughter to him or not. Finger dancing, kneeling is a great art. And the women... Have you seen how they glide across the stage - like swans on the water surface? "In order to dance Georgian dances, one must be born Georgian," the dancers explain.
The concert "Legends of Georgia" is an unforgettable event, a real miracle! No wonder the French edition of Le Figaro wrote about the Show: "... This is a spectacle that everyone should see at least once in their life!" The show is saturated with love for Georgia, where everything - even a gust of wind, the beat of drums and bells, the majestic silence of the mountains and the joyful murmur of mountain streams - everything is associated with music, song and dance!
According to correspondents of the NewYorkPost newspaper: "Each concert of the show "Legends of Georgia" becomes a real feast for the eyes and ears of the audience." Spectators from more than 50 countries on 5 continents applauded Georgian artists, the artists of the Show performed in the most prestigious and unique halls of the world, presented their art in front of kings and heads of state, in the far north and in the desert against the backdrop of the Pyramids, in the wild American West and in the east - in the Celestial Empire.And they are proud that each performance of the Show ends with a stormy standing ovation, which the grateful audience gives to the Artists.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
The show "Legends of Georgia", which, according to the universal recognition of the world press, surpasses the leaders of the genre in scope and dramaturgy - the modern ballet shows "Riverdance" and "Lord of the Dance", has become one of the most successful musical and choreographic spectacles in the world, implemented using cutting-edge technologies creating a super show.
The show "Legends of Georgia" tells about Georgia: about its history, its legends and its people, about the love of Georgians for the Motherland, about courage and kindness, about military victories and about love and respect for a woman... The new production of the show is based Georgian legend that when the Lord distributed the land to the peoples, the Georgians sat at the table, sang, danced, drank and had fun. And when they finally came to the Lord, he had no more lands left. Then the Georgians invited him to their table, and the Lord had such a wonderful time that, without hesitation, he gave the Georgians the land that he had reserved for himself.
The masterful interweaving of stories from the national history of Georgia and the Caucasus, skillfully embodied in amazing dances, music and songs, complemented by stunning costumes, scenery, fantastic lighting and the best sound, turn "Legends of Georgia" into a triumph of Caucasian culture on the world stage.
Georgian dances have no analogues. By the movements and posture of the dancing Georgian, by the way he holds himself, they could judge whether to marry his daughter to him or not. Finger dancing, kneeling is a great art. And the women... Have you seen how they glide across the stage - like swans on the water surface? "In order to dance Georgian dances, one must be born Georgian," the dancers explain.
The concert "Legends of Georgia" is an unforgettable event, a real miracle! No wonder the French edition of Le Figaro wrote about the Show: "... This is a spectacle that everyone should see at least once in their life!" The show is saturated with love for Georgia, where everything - even a gust of wind, the beat of drums and bells, the majestic silence of the mountains and the joyful murmur of mountain streams - everything is associated with music, song and dance!
According to correspondents of the New York Post newspaper: "Each concert of the show "Legends of Georgia" becomes a real feast for the eyes and ears of the audience." Spectators from more than 50 countries on 5 continents applauded Georgian artists, the artists of the Show performed in the most prestigious and unique halls of the world, presented their art in front of kings and heads of state, in the far north and in the desert against the backdrop of the Pyramids, in the wild American West and in the east - in the Celestial Empire.And they are proud that each performance of the Show ends with a stormy standing ovation, which is given by the grateful audience to the Artists.
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The incredible beauty and musicality of the show "Georgian Legend" has been coming to Russia for several years. Today this spectacular performance is well known all over the world. The world press rightfully recognized it as one of the biggest budget musical and choreographic productions of recent times, along with the legendary programs of the Riverdance and Lord of the Dance projects. The show was based on stories from the Georgian national history, which were embodied on stage through wonderful dance and vocal numbers, amazing costumes, stunning scenery, lighting and visual effects. Cutting-edge technologies are organically woven into the performances filled with national color, which makes the concert even more vivid and spectacular.
The author of the idea of the project was the famous American producer Jim Lowe, who came to Tbilisi in 1999. This city with centuries-old traditions, the beauty of Georgian folklore inspired him to create a world-class production. French directors, musicians, and designers were invited to work on the project. The result is an amazing program that reveals all the originality of the culture of the Caucasus.
About a hundred artists performed as artists of the "Georgian Legend", including men, women and children from eight to eleven years old. The show managed to create an integral and harmonious picture of the history of the Georgian people, of their fate. Here, before the viewer are pictures of ancient wars and victories, stories of individuals are woven into the narrative. In the show performance there is a place for the themes of love and hate, life and death, pride and courage of the people, who for hundreds of years kept their independence, did not lose their cultural identity.
For more than fifteen years, the project has been giving concerts in different countries of the world with great success. The best stage venues consider it a great success to host this magnificent performance. It gathers thousands of halls, fascinates, delights and leaves a lot of indescribable emotions. It merges the triumph of choreography, music, acting talent, magnificent scenography and much more. An amazing dance pattern, the famous polyphony - Georgian culture becomes even closer for the Russian audience.
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Everyone who has ever been to Georgia could not leave this mountainous country without fabulous, magical sensations. And this is largely due to the fact that Georgia carefully preserves traditions, cherishes and appreciates folklore, Georgian songs and dances are known throughout the world, and the beauty of Georgian national dresses is breathtaking. Once an American Jim Lowe also came to Georgia, and was so shocked by the beauty of this country and the richness of its culture that he considered it an honor to put on a unique, unparalleled show "Legends of Georgia" - tickets for this program can already be bought in St. Petersburg, because " Legends of Georgia” will come to our city!
The audience of dozens of different countries gave this program a standing ovation, because for a decade and a half the show "Legends of Georgia" has been traveling the world, glorifying the culture of ancient Georgia and acquainting the public with the unknown secrets of this peculiar civilization.
Taking the authentic songs and dances of the Georgian people as a basis, the creators of the show "Legends of Georgia" added a lot of different effects to them and used the most modern stage technologies, this made the program even more spectacular and original. The whole show is permeated with reverent love for their country, and the number of participants exceeds one hundred people! All of them are both children and adults, talented artists, and a team of like-minded people from different countries worked on the show. The directors and artists of the show already had experience in staging world-class shows, and in their work on "Legends of Georgia" they managed to use all their skills and knowledge. Everyone who buys a ticket for the show "Legends of Georgia" in St. Petersburg on February 10, 2019 will be able to feel and see it - for example, by issuing it online on our website.
Various scenes from folk life, sketches “from the streets”, musical etudes and real choir numbers, dances of amazing beauty and grace, and all this against the backdrop of wonderful landscapes, which Georgia is so rich in ... A show like “Georgian Legend” , can be compared with the best, making huge collections of world tours of recognized bands, and of course, in Russia the attention to such concerts is huge. You can be convinced of this if you visit the box office and see how many people want to buy tickets for the show "Legends of Georgia".
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The show "Legends of Georgia", which, according to the universal recognition of the world press, surpasses the leaders of the genre in scope and dramaturgy - the modern ballet shows "Riverdance" and "LordoftheDance", has become one of the most successful musical and choreographic spectacles in the world, implemented using cutting-edge technologies for creating super shows.
The show "Legends of Georgia" tells about Georgia: about its history, its legends and its people, about the love of Georgians for the Motherland, about courage and kindness, about military victories and about love and respect for a woman... The new production of the show is based Georgian legend that when the Lord distributed the land to the peoples, the Georgians sat at the table, sang, danced, drank and had fun. And when they finally came to the Lord, he had no more lands left. Then the Georgians invited him to their table, and the Lord had such a wonderful time that, without hesitation, he gave the Georgians the land that he had reserved for himself.
The masterful interweaving of stories from the national history of Georgia and the Caucasus, skillfully embodied in amazing dances, music and songs, complemented by stunning costumes, scenery, fantastic lighting and the best sound, turn "Legends of Georgia" into a triumph of Caucasian culture on the world stage.
Georgian dances have no analogues. By the movements and posture of the dancing Georgian, by the way he holds himself, they could judge whether to marry his daughter to him or not. Finger dancing, kneeling is a great art. And the women... Have you seen how they glide across the stage - like swans on the water surface? "In order to dance Georgian dances, one must be born Georgian," the dancers explain.
The concert "Legends of Georgia" is an unforgettable event, a real miracle! No wonder the French edition of Le Figaro wrote about the Show: "... This is a spectacle that everyone should see at least once in their life!" The show is saturated with love for Georgia, where everything - even a gust of wind, the beat of drums and bells, the majestic silence of the mountains and the joyful murmur of mountain streams - everything is associated with music, song and dance!
According to correspondents of the NewYorkPost newspaper: "Each concert of the show "Legends of Georgia" becomes a real feast for the eyes and ears of the audience." Spectators from more than 50 countries on 5 continents applauded Georgian artists, the artists of the Show performed in the most prestigious and unique halls of the world, presented their art in front of kings and heads of state, in the far north and in the desert against the backdrop of the Pyramids, in the wild American West and in the east - in the Celestial Empire.And they are proud that each performance of the Show ends with a stormy standing ovation, which the grateful audience gives to the Artists.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
