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FIRST LIGHT
FIRST LIGHT
Premiere: 1 June, 2026
Movement theatre, Tbilisi, Georgia
FITST LIGHT it the improvisational dance performance that was created as the outcome of the four-day intensive workshop “Bodies in Motion”, developed in collaboration between Stopgap Dance Company (UK) and InForm (Georgia).
FIRST LIGHT is the outcome of a four-day inclusive dance workshop, a collaboration between UK-based Stopgap Dance Company and Georgia-based InForm – Platform for Inclusive Minds. Here, people with diverse backgrounds and experiences came together—many of them met for the first time, many rediscovered one another, and for many, this was their very first experience performing on stage
The performance is a glimpse of what happens when disabled and non-disabled artists come together—a vision of harmony where differences soothe, restore, and rejuvenate the community.
Choreography: Lucy Bennett, Nadenh Poan, Stopgap Dance Company, UK.
Workshop Co-Facilitators: Iakob Gogotishvili, Davit Khorbaladze, InForm, Georgia
Music: Nadenh Poan
Direction: InForm - Maka Chkhaidze, Mariam Bregvadze
Translation: Khatuna Gvelesian
Photo: Giorgi Shengelia
Video: Patrik Wendt, Konstantine Kalandadze
Dancers: Mariam Liparteliani, Ekaterine Tsilosani, Eka Darsavelidze, Ana Nikolashvili, Temur Arabidze, Ketevan Giorgadze, Daria Diubovik, Nino Maghradze, Nini Machavariani, Shorena Vashadze, Tamar Lebanidze, Keti Zazanashvili, Anano Lartsuliani, Mikheil Kurdadze, Mariam Khavelashvili, Ana Khavelashvili, Liza Tezneva, Tamar Naveriani, Grigori Muzurov, Toma Omanadze, Nina Lebesheva, Marita Gogichaishvili
Stopgap, founded in 1995 in the United Kingdom, is today one of the global leaders in inclusive dance.
InForm – Platform for Inclusive Minds is dedicated to advancing inclusive performing arts in Georgia and integrating people with disabilities into broader society through art.