Thank you New York and Washington DC and to all who joined to make it a success, Special thanks to H.E.David Bakradze, Ambassador of Georgia, and Tamar Tchelidze for the beautiful Washington D.C. Artists’ reception.
THANK YOU, INCREDIBLE SUKHISHVILI!!!
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MANHATTAN November 4, 2015 — International Concerts has been selected for the 2015 Best of Manhattan Award in the Non-Profit Organization category by the Manhattan Award Program.
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INTERNATIONAL CONCERTS DOES IT AGAIN, ANOTHER SOLD OUT HOUSE, ANOTHER WINNER! CONGRATULATIONS TO SUKHISHVILI GEORGIAN NATIONAL DANCE AND INTERNATIONAL CONCERTS!
Triumphs in New York, Washington D.C. and Philadelphia performances! Sold out at Lincoln Center David Geffen Hall! Overwhelming Ovations! Thank you to all who came out to support this phenomenal company!!
Read from Washington Post, October 7, 2015, Sarah L. Kaufman, Critic:
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In Sukhishvili Georgian Ballet, elegant tradition meets modern energy
The Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet exhibits a rare physicality through its astonishing moves… explosive energy…. like restless stallions… these astonishing moves become exhilarating…posses a fine aesthetic, from the live musicians on stage… the the poise of the dancers with their lifted, bearing… high jumps and whirling turns were exciting …. quieter moments were most compelling… you could believe they floated just above the stage… airy hovering quality… dancers divided and subdivided in perfect symmetry.. math met mystery and you simply surrendered to its austere beauty.”
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SUKHISHVILI GEORGIAN NATIONAL DANCE
SEVENTIETH JUBILEE ANNIVERSARY
Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet to Dazzle US Again
By Milene Fernandez, Epoch Times | September 7, 2015NEW YORK—Elegant and soft-spoken, Nino Sukhishvili’s beautiful face was glowing as she described the Sukhishvili Georgian National Ballet, during a two-day visit to New York. The world-renowned dance company will perform again in the city on October 4 at Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center, as well as in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington—celebrating its 70th Anniversary.
Her grandparents, Iliko Sukhishvili and Nino Ramishvili founded the company in 1945 just at the end of World War II, and when Georgia was ruled by the red terror of Stalin’s Soviet Union.
Once a dancer in the company, Sukhishvili decided to dedicate her whole life to running the company. She is the executive producer while her brother, Ilia Sukhishvili, who also danced in the company, is the artistic director.
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Pictures by CHRISTIAN MILES STOMSVIK, CMS PHOTOS
Coming on the heels of Classic Stage Company’s Ivanov, the Maxim Gorky State Drama Theatre brought authentic Russian definition to Chekhov’s 1887 play. For one performance only at John Jay College’s Gerald Lynch Theater (on November 17), in repertory with Jacques Deval’s Tovarich (on November 16 and 18), theatergoers had a chance to see Chekhov’s Hamlet performed in Russian with authority and flair.
Should you not be familiar with this gem of a company, it is one of the most prestigious repertory companies in the Russian Far East, purveying world classics and contemporary Russian works since 1932. Touring in Russia and abroad, this company based in Vladivostok has distinguished itself both for its all-Russian productions and its bilingual productions with American companies. This company cross-fertilizes its repertoire with Chekhov, Shakespeare, and other world-class playwrights.
As directed by Efim Zvenyatskiy, this production had no bells and whistles accompanying it. This was Ivanov unembellished, ungarnished, and yet possessing the full meaning of Chekhov’s play. Here you saw a number of expert actors who were not only virtuosos but seemed to have Chekhov running through their corpuscles. Unlike Classic Stage Company’s interpretation of Ivanov, Gorky’s rendering had less spin and more spine. In short, there was no gilding the lily here.
The set was extremely basic. The veranda and garden of Ivanov’s estate was evoked by a broad, semi-circular platform with minimal props on stage, with paths leading off in various directions. It was elegant, simple, and natural-looking, and flexibly accommodated the play’s multiple scenes and unfolding action.
For any production of Ivanov to succeed, the actor playing the lead must be spot on. And, fortunately, Alexander Slavskiy, as Ivanov, had his complex character down pat. He doesn’t overplay anything but let Chekhov’s language take hold. Slavskiy’s did much of his acting through his facial expressions. His Ivanov had a vacant look in his eyes and a pervasive torpor in his physical movements. As you followed his self-castigating character through the play’s four acts, you would hardly consider him as a potential guest for your next dinner party, but you would be able to understand his dilemma. Ivanov is that intellectual who, like Shakespeare’s melancholy prince, “loses the name of action.” Given different surroundings, this Russian rogue might grab life by the horns and make something of himself. However, living in Central Russia, and the victim of gossip-mongers, Ivanov is somebody whose early promise is never realized.
This was not a one-man show. There was some strong acting from Svetlana Salakhutdinova, who played opposite Slavskiy as his stage wife Sarra Ivanova. Salakhutdinova has been the leading actress of the Gorky theatre since 1984. Little wonder that she looked so polished on stage. Other fine performances came from Olga Nalitova as the flirty Sasha and Nikolai Timoshenko as Borkin who blended his character’s pessimism with arrogance. In many ways, his character neatly sums up the world of the play when he observes: “This life of ours . . . Human life is like a posy, growing gloriously in a meadow, a goat comes along, eats it, end of posy.”
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That said, what New York theatergoers need is more exposure to seeing Chekhov done by first-rate Russian companies. There’s no doubt that English subtitles would have made the production more accessible, and enjoyable, to those audience members who don’t understand Russian. Still, it was a rare opportunity for New Yorkers to experience Chekhov with an authentic Russian flavor.
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Thirty – five members of this dedicated dramatic ensemble, will appear in two captivating dramas, the world – classic, IVANOV, by Russia’s great playwright, ANTON CHEKHOV, and the US Premiere of the uplifting, warm-hearted drama, TOVARICH by JACQUES DEVAL, a play that was formerly adapted to the Broadway Stage as a Tony-Award Winning Musical, starring Vivian Leigh, and has also enjoyed lasting fame as a movie of the 1930’s, starring the romantic team of Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer. Both productions are conceived and staged by the acclaimed Director, Efim Zvenyatsky.
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INTERNATIONAL CONCERTS was greatly honored by the proclamation by Marty Markowitz, President of the Borough of Brooklyn, declaring November 4, 2011 as INTERNATIONAL CONCERTS – NINA ANANIASHVILI CONCERT CELEBRATION DAY in Brooklyn, USA. Excerpt from the Proclamation states:
New York Times Review
Washington Post Review
Washington Post Lifestyle Story
Dance View Times Review
Musical America – Rachel Strauss Review
Financial Times Review
Haglund’s Heel Review
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International Women’s Day 100th Anniversary
EVENT: “KORIFEI!” – Great Singers of Russian Opera
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Some of the world’s most spectacular singers appear together at Lincoln Center Avery Fisher Hall on March 6 in a Gala Concert honoring the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day, a major holiday that began in Russia one hundred years ago. The artists’ origins represent several countries celebrating this day, including: Rene Pape – Germany; Makvala Kasrashvili – Georgia; Oleg Kulko – The Ukraine; Olga Savova – Russia, Elchin Azizov – Azerbaijan. The program will consist of outstanding arias and romances by Tchaikovski, Rimsky – Korsakov, Balakirev, Verdi, Puccini.
All singers are principal soloists at the world’s most prestigious theatres, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Bolshoi Theatre, the Mariinsky Theatre and others. Rene Pape has been called one of the most important singers internationally by numerous critics, including The New York Times, Opera News, The Financial Times. Makvala Kasrashvili has received the highest accolades and the Gold Medal of the Russian Government, Olga Savova has been given the title of “People’s Artist of Russia”
It would be difficult to find a more compelling line-up of such distinguished artists in one concert. This will be a very unique evening that should not be missed.
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