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K. Sakhvadze

S. Virsaladze and Georgian National Ballet

In artistic life there exist inseparable phenomena. The career of Soliko Virsaladze and the creation of Georgian National Ballet are among them. During the 50 years of existence of this company. Soliko Virsaladze was the only and irreplaceable designer of costumes, the one who dedicated the largest part of this life to the design of opera and ballet performances where scenery and costumes both play an important role. Ballet costume is one of the main expressive means of a dancer's elegance (flexibility), his moves, gesture. Attire is very important for the performer – how well it corresponds to and reveals the graphic sketch of the dance staged by choreographer, the epoch, eth. It is the same in folk dances. Costume reveals the character of a dance, its inner gist and the plasticity of a dancer. Soliko Virsaladze's costumes reveal all these clearly.

Georgia has many ethnographic regions and each one has its own peculiar customs, traditions and dress. The designer innately senses the most important things, and based on this, he transforms the attire according to the artist's eye and inner feeling – and so new beautiful costumes are born.

S. Virsaladze has performed special service to the development of Georgian dance costume and to the creation of "The Georgian National Ballet."

 

Shota Rustaveli Georgian University of Theatre and Cinema
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