National Opera Warsaw / Krakow Opera: Ana Kipshidze, Eduard Bablidze

Chord
Each dancert in sthis duet must be a musician. Harmony between music and performance is the base of the dance. Each on their own and altogether, they express a specific chord or sound, copying the music structure. Every Pas, adagio, lift, jump or motionlessness that dancers perform must be strictly coordinated with the music. Motion scale is identical to the music’s dynamic. Choreographical structure comes out of the musical structure. Dancers follow musical patterns coming from the musical instruments. Body language is being adapted from the music rhythm.

“Watching the last year of CHOREA festival I was delighted to notice the program concentrating around modern ballet technique. This was my biggest inspiration to creating this duet – to utilise modern motion language, based on classical dance.“
Eduard Bablidze, choreography author

Ana Kipshidze
Native of Georgia, she studied at Tbilisi’s Vakhtang Chabukiani State Arts School. Straight from the studies, she became the first soloists of Georgian State Opera, and after one-year tenure in Polish Poznan, she spent 3 more year there. She was soloist of Baltic Opera in Gdansk (Poland) between 2005 and 2008 and then transferred to the Polish National Opera in Warsaw, where has been soloist ever since. Together with Eduard Bablidze, she performed at festivals and in gala shows in China, Japan, Oman, Turkey, Great Britain, Poland, Russia, Spain, Georgia and other coutries.

Eduard Bablidze
Born in Georgia, Eduard studied dance at Tbilisi’s Vakhtang Chabukiani State Arts School, dance pedagogy at Fryderyk Chopin Music University in Warsaw and also management at Warsaw University.

He has been the first soloist of Georgian State Opera in Tbilisi and is based in Poland since 2001. Eduard was a soloist of Poznan Opera, Baltic Opera in Gdansk and spent 8 years as a dancer and choreographer in Warsaw’s Polish National Opera. His repertoire includes pieces such as the Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Giselle, Swan Lake, Tristan and others in choreography of notable choreographers such as Krzysztof Pastor, Ed Wubble or Jiří Kylián.
He is currently a guest teacher and choreographer at Krakow Opera. Together with Ana Kipshidze, he performed at festivals and in gala shows in China, Japan, Oman, Turkey, Great Britain, Poland, Russia, Spain, Georgia and other coutries.