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FOLKS
FOLKS
Premiere: 14, 15 April, 2025
Georgian National Music Center, Tbilisi, Georgia
FOLKS is an inclusive dance performance, the result of a long process of creative exploration and collaboration between InForm – Platform for Inclusive Minds (Georgia) and SZENE 2WEI (Germany).
When chaos, tension, and uncertainty surround us, when internal fears and external dangers feel unbeatable, and when loneliness and fragility evoke a constant desire to escape—there exist spaces that protect us, and spaces we protect. These are the places where people who care for us, and whom we care for, come together.
FOLKS is a journey of our search for and creation of protected territories, where people, who may seem like strangers at first, who do not know one another, find each other through movement, sound and stories. By strengthening each other, through solidarity and care, they confront an uncertain, ever-changing reality.
Choreography: Natia Chikvaidze, William Sánchez H.
Curator, dramaturgy: Maka Chkhaidze
Scenography: Tamar Okhikiani
Music: Ani Zakareishvili
Direction: InForm - Maka Chkhaidze, SZENE 2WEI - William Sánchez H. & Timo Gmeiner
Dancers: Manuela Aranguibel, Mariam Berikelashvili, Fernando Balsera, Tamar Naveriani, Jörg Beese, Iakob Gogotishvili, Ricarda Noetzel, Nina Lebesheva, Toma Omanadze, Jose Manuel Ortiz, Tamar Chkheidze
Stage management: Mercè Mayor, Mariam Bregvadze
Photo: Eka Darsavelidze
Video: Patrik Wendt, Konstantine Kalandadze
SZENE 2WEI Dance Company creates art that challenges perceptions and inspires reflection, bringing a distinctive style to the stage.
InForm – Platform for Inclusive Minds is dedicated to advancing inclusive performing arts in Georgia and integrating people with disabilities into broader society through art.