1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:05,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to Get Connected with Nina del Rio, a weekly 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: conversation about fitness, health and happenings in our community on 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: one oh six point seven Light FM. 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to Get Connected. Last night, an historic 5 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 2: event in the city. Nearly eighty years after its founding, 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 2: the internationally acclaimed Georgian National Ballet Suhashvili made its Carnegie 7 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 2: Hall debut with a one night only performance at Stern 8 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 2: Auditorium Perlman Stage. The Georgia National Ballet returns to our 9 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 2: area this fall with shows in Brooklyn and Philadelphia. But 10 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:35,640 Speaker 2: we are lucky to spend a few minutes with the 11 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 2: producer of the show and the driving force behind bringing 12 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 2: Suhushvili to the US. My guest is Salo may Le 13 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 2: Luashvilli Parks, the New York producer of Imola's Corporation, a 14 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 2: US based cultural management and production company specializing in the 15 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 2: creation and promotion of international performing arts events. Salo may 16 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 2: Le Luashvilli Parks. I hope I got that right. Welcome 17 00:00:58,240 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 2: to Get Connected. 18 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 3: You get perfect Hello, Hello. 19 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 2: You can find out more about the company Sohashvili, which 20 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 2: I will spell at s uk h I s h 21 00:01:10,480 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 2: v I l I dot net So Salome the Georgian 22 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 2: National Ballet eighty years old. Congratulations on the performance last night. 23 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 2: I know it's a huge event. Talk to me about 24 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:25,759 Speaker 2: bringing the Georgian National Ballet to Carnegie Hall. 25 00:01:26,760 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 3: Hello, and thank you for being with us last night, 26 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 3: and thank you for inviting me. So the Georgian National 27 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:39,759 Speaker 3: Bullet is part of our life and this is how 28 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 3: we grow up, so we have all of Georgians are 29 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 3: very much connected with this. It's part of very huge 30 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 3: part of our culture because of your dancers and because 31 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 3: of your music and everything. So the scale of a 32 00:01:56,160 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 3: project is like something different. I've never experienedians before in 33 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 3: this country, especially it's my very first project. And yeah, 34 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 3: so when I decided to work and bring us socciility 35 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 3: to the United States, the first door I've knocked was 36 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 3: Carnegie Hall because there are just three top venous. The 37 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 3: tops are the Metropolitan Opera and they performed there before. 38 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:31,040 Speaker 4: Carnegie Hall, like Las Cola. 39 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 3: They've performed at Las Cola, but they've never performed at 40 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 3: Carnegie Hall. The thing is that, so I moved in 41 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 3: America just a few years ago, and even I've never 42 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 3: been at Carnegie Hall as attendee. You know, because all 43 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 3: the time I wanted to attend some shows it was 44 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:55,079 Speaker 3: sold out where I was busy, so I just contacted 45 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 3: to the management and yes, they gave us the date 46 00:02:58,919 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 3: and this is we are. 47 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 2: Now, that's amazing I have before I saw the show. 48 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 2: Of course, anybody can go online and look at the 49 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 2: company on their website. To me Georgia National Dance. I 50 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 2: grew up with dance. Georgia National Dance is very specific. 51 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 2: It's very quick footed, it's very muscular. How would you 52 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 2: describe the style and what makes it unique? 53 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 3: When you watched your performances first time, you might think 54 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:33,519 Speaker 3: that it's like very it's very musculine, but in reality 55 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 3: it's not. I mean, there is a two part that 56 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 3: you're performing. The first part is very traditional old Georgian 57 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 3: dances and the second one is the new ones. And 58 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 3: all these performances expressed like all our history because they've 59 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 3: been historically. If we're fighting all the time and the 60 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 3: all the details matters whatever they are performing on the stage. 61 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 3: But if you still the answer, you see time by time, 62 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 3: how even the women's roles changed. And in the second part, 63 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 3: the dances are so different. The women are so strong 64 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 3: and so confident and their roles are so I mean, 65 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 3: they're becoming. How can I say the main part of 66 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:27,600 Speaker 3: the not only for the dances, I mean of the society, 67 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,840 Speaker 3: and this is so beautiful. I mean the way they 68 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 3: expressed whatever we experienced during the history. 69 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 2: The history goes back as far as I understand it, 70 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,240 Speaker 2: from soldiers dancing on the battlefield. 71 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:47,160 Speaker 3: Is that it's not soldiers dances. Actually it's warrior dances 72 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 3: because all of Georgians were fighting, all of them still 73 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 3: no are warriors or yes, so it's not a god 74 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 3: like professionally being trained to be saltiers. Now everyone says 75 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 3: a saltier in Georgian, a woman, man, everybody. 76 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:09,359 Speaker 2: Can you talk about the dances on the knuckles of 77 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 2: the feet. 78 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 4: This is something very unique and. 79 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 3: Very specific because I've never seen man's dancing and yeah, 80 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:22,840 Speaker 3: on the on their toes. But as I remember, New 81 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 3: York Times of Washington posted like decades ago, posted and 82 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 3: published about Sofa Shilli's performance and they said that they 83 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:37,039 Speaker 3: are dancers talking their story on their toes or like 84 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 3: something like that. 85 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 4: It was gorgeous. 86 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,479 Speaker 2: You can find out more about the performance of the 87 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 2: Georgia National balletli At s U K h I s 88 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 2: h v I l I dot net. I'm speaking with 89 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 2: Salomeie Luashvilli Parks. She's the New York producer of a 90 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 2: Molas Corporation, the company responsible for bringing the Georgia National 91 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,720 Speaker 2: Balot Carnegie Hall. You're listening to get connected on one 92 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 2: I was six point seven light FM. I'm in a 93 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:08,119 Speaker 2: del rio. Because you came here just a few years ago, 94 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 2: I wonder if you could also talk about the Georgian 95 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 2: diaspora Georgian immigrants in New York. What would you say 96 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:18,120 Speaker 2: about the community of Georgians here. 97 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 3: That's such an interesting question. When I came here, Georgian 98 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 3: like a few years ago, Georgian community was not as 99 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,839 Speaker 3: huge as it is now. I mean, there are so 100 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 3: so many, like very interesting successful people from my community 101 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 3: and I am very proud of and there are so 102 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 3: many Georgian restaurants and opening and businesses. 103 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:51,119 Speaker 4: The Georgian culture becomes very popular. Georgian wine, Georgian food, 104 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:55,719 Speaker 4: Giorgian culture, like everything. Maybe this is the reason why 105 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 4: many Georgians live in America. So we love America and 106 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 4: appreciate this country and all those opportunities you can get 107 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 4: from these countries. So the community is very pretty huge 108 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 4: because we are. 109 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 3: Very small country with three million people, and lots of 110 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 3: Georgians live here and most of them live in Brooklyn area. 111 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 3: So myself, the main reason I wanted to move to 112 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 3: New York was this is that I kind of felt 113 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 3: like build a bridge between my country, like cultural bridge 114 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 3: between my country. The culture is very very unique as 115 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 3: well with we have our own language and that very interesting. 116 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 3: Is also that I mean people who live there, I 117 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 3: don't know why. Maybe they are very much connected to 118 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 3: each other, but they don't lose their how can I 119 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 3: say identity? 120 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 4: People live here for te keats for thirty forty. 121 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 3: Years and they speak very good Georgian and the stale 122 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 3: and so did I answer your question? 123 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 2: You did so Georgian audiences would be excited to see 124 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 2: the National Ballet here. What do you hope the rest 125 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 2: of New York takes away when they see these performers. 126 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:14,840 Speaker 3: What I hope the audience saw those first is a connection. 127 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 3: So it's Philly, as I mentioned already, telling the story 128 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 3: of Georgia, not like explanation, but through movement right so 129 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 3: and behind like every dance, there is a cultural moment 130 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 3: which is also very much important a historical period way 131 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 3: of life. 132 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:39,239 Speaker 4: There are and people. 133 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 3: Saw dances about like royalty, preparation for war, like weddings, 134 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:48,920 Speaker 3: families and friends. So you see how society lived right 135 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 3: when you watch those dances, and how's how they lived, 136 00:08:55,280 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 3: how how they loved, how now how they fought and 137 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:05,319 Speaker 3: how they celebrated. I mean during those dances, you see everything, 138 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 3: and you also see the role of women evolving like 139 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 3: over time, like as mothers, as leaders, as warriors century 140 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 3: by centric era by era, and so people will see everything, 141 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:23,559 Speaker 3: and I'm confident they will think about it and they 142 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:28,200 Speaker 3: will know more about Georgian culture, to Georgian tradition and 143 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 3: Georgian people than they did before our show. So Georgia 144 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 3: is very small, small culture, like located in the courtroads 145 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:42,199 Speaker 3: of Europe and Asia, but it holds like immense cultural heritage, 146 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 3: and that this performance that heritage becomes visible human and 147 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 3: their life. The audience left remembering that and remembering how 148 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:59,479 Speaker 3: powerfully dance can tell a nation story than this performance 149 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 3: did what it meant to do. 150 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:04,600 Speaker 2: The Georgia National Ballet will return to the US in 151 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 2: October with the show in Brooklyn on October twenty fourth 152 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 2: and then Philadelphia on October twenty seventh. But would you 153 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 2: tell me Salame about the performance tonight in Williamsburgh. 154 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:16,280 Speaker 4: I would love to. 155 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 3: After last night's performance, we have one more event scheduled 156 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 3: in Brooklyn. The performance tonight Williamsburg is something very different. 157 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 3: So Eligos Junior has a grandson of Iligoso Austraili, like 158 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:36,920 Speaker 3: fifteen years or twenty years ago, she made this project 159 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 3: and it was for that time for Georgian's and for 160 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:46,040 Speaker 3: Georgian culture. It was a very specific. They kind of 161 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 3: destroyed all the rules and they expressed like more powerful women, 162 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:58,199 Speaker 3: more freedom in every movement and every step. But they 163 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 3: don't wear traditional costume and this is a like freedom 164 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:08,319 Speaker 3: in dance. This is not similar to anything. 165 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 4: So I hope people. 166 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 3: Will join us and see how fails freedom look looks like. 167 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 2: So this is a version of the performance from twenty 168 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:19,560 Speaker 2: years ago, or this is just a modern version of. 169 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 3: It's a modern version something very special and very different, 170 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 3: and it's kind of modern ballet. It's not similar to anything, 171 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:31,439 Speaker 3: and this is why I say we say that it's 172 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 3: fairly revolutionary project. 173 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 2: That performance is tonight eight pm at the Brooklyn Monarch. 174 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 2: This is one of six point seven and my guest 175 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 2: has been Salo May the Luashvilli Parks. She's the New 176 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 2: York producer of and Nola's Corporation, bringing the Georgia National 177 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 2: Ballet to New York. You can find out more about 178 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 2: Suhushbilli at s U k h I s h v 179 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:58,199 Speaker 2: I l I dot net. Salome, thank you for being 180 00:11:58,200 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 2: on Get Connected. 181 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 3: Thank you so much. 182 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:05,079 Speaker 1: This has been Get Connected with Nina del Rio on 183 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,959 Speaker 1: one oh six point seven light Fm. The views and 184 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,679 Speaker 1: opinions of our guests do not necessarily reflect the views 185 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: of the station. If you missed any part of our 186 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,199 Speaker 1: show or want to share it, visit our website for 187 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: downloads and podcasts at one O six seven lightfm dot com. 188 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening.