Georgian dance
It stems from military moves, sports games, and dances celebrated during holidays in the Middle Ages.
The dance was popularized by the founders of the Georgian National Ballet,[1] Iliko Sukhishvili, and his wife, Nino Ramishvili.
Two folk dances, Perkhuli and Khorumi, are inscribed on the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Georgia list.
The woman keeps her eyes downcast at all times and glides on the rough floor as a swan on the smooth surface of a lake.
There have been only a few great performers of Kartuli including Nino Ramishvili, Iliko Sukhishvili, Iamze Dolaberidze, and Pridon Sulaberidze.
The dance has four parts: a search for a campsite, the reconnoiter of the enemy camp, the fight, and the victory and its celebration.
The dance incorporates the themes of search war, and the celebration of victory as well as the courage and glory of Georgian soldiers.
Acharuli is distinguished from other dances with its colorful costumes and the playful mood that simple but definite movements of both men and women create on stage.
Partsa originated in Guria and is characterized by its fast pace, rhythm, festive mood, and colorfulness.
The dance was created to portray relatively cold and rough atmosphere of the mountains, shown through the vigor and the strictness of the movements and foot stomping.
In this dance, shepherds, dressed in red chokhas (traditional men's wear) compete with each other in the usage of daggers and in performing complicated movements.
Since Khanjluri involves daggers and knives, it requires tremendous skill and practice on the part of the performers.
This mountain dance unites love, courage, respect for women, toughness, competition, skill, beauty, and colorfulness into one performance.
Khevsuruli is very technical and requires intense practice and utmost skill in order to perform the dance without hurting anyone.
When a customer chose goods, a kinto would take the silk shawl hanging from his silver belt and wrap the fruits and vegetables in them to weigh.
In addition, the trinity idea in the dance represents Tamar of Georgia as a young princess, a wise mother and the powerful empress.
The simple but soft and graceful movements create an atmosphere of beauty, glory and power that surrounded the Empress's reign.
They were known for hard work yet a carefree life, as well as a love of Georgian wine and beautiful women, all of which are well represented in the dance.
The dance is performed by many couples and with the music and colorful costumes, paints a picture of an aristocratic feast on stage.
