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New Georgian Ballet

New Georgian Ballet (Georgian: ახალი ქართული ბალეტი; Russian: Нью Джорджиан Балет) is a non-repertory theatre of modern dance, founded by Georgian choreographer Tamaz Vashakidze in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 1993. The Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev was an aesthetic guideline for the newborn theatre. An organizing principle was non-repertory project.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Photo: Гурам Цибахашвили, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

New Georgian Ballet (Georgian: ახალი ქართული ბალეტი; Russian: Нью Джорджиан Балет) is a non-repertory theatre of modern dance, founded by Georgian choreographer Tamaz Vashakidze in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 1993.2

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From 1993 to 2008 director and choreography director of the theatre of modern dance "New Georgian Ballet" Tamaz Vashakidze produced 11 ballet performances:

1993: One-act performance "Loneliness to the music by Gustav Mahler

1993: Performance Class-Concert to the music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Gustav Mahler, Ludwig Minkus etc

1994: Variations to the theme by Alfred Schnittke

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1995: Bolero to the music by Maurice Ravel

1996: Improvisations to the music by Ray Charles

1999: Suite Iavnana to the music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

2002: One-act performance Prodigal Son to the music by Bidzina Kvernadze (co-directed by Kote Makharadze)

2004: Performance Mata Hari to the music by Sergei Prokofiev and Gogi Dzodzuashvili, and the songs by Edith Piaf

2004: Performance The Big Waltz to the music by Johann Strauss

2006: Polyphony to the music by Gogi Dzodzuashvili

2007: Performance The Knight — the first in Georgian history choreographic interpretation Shota Rustaveli's poem The Knight in Tiger Skin.

From Wikipedia’s article on New Georgian Ballet, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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