Erisioni
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Erisioni is a well known Georgian National Ensemble which became famous after their cooperation with US producer Jim Lowe and French stage director Pascal Jourdan on the project Georgian Legend.
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[edit] Georgian Legend
Georgian Legend is a show consisting of Georgian national dances and songs. The Georgian artists collaborate intensively with other European musicians to make the show more attractive and rather theatrical. Georgian Legend is a modern export version of Georgian folk music, set on a producing platform.
Georgian Legend provides an insight into the pride and courage of the Georgian nation, which has preserved its unique attributes and independence for centuries. According to experts, Georgian Legend is in no way inferior to Riverdance or Lord Of The Dance in terms of its scale and dramatic composition, ranking among the most impressive music-choreography compositions in the world.[1]
[edit] History
Georgian Legend was conceived in 1999. At that time, Lowe and Jourdan were working with Erisioni in Tbilisi, and they decided to acquaint the world with Georgia's unique and profound epics and culture. In 2000, the first version of the show, then called The Legend of Tamar, toured in the United States. American critics hailed the production as "sensational" (The Los Angeles Times), "spectacular" (The New York Times), and "a feast of riches for eye and ear" (The New York Post). In 2001 and 2002, Georgian Legend debuted in Europe, with acclaimed performances in legendary Parisian venues including the Palais des Sports and the Palais des Congrès. Georgian Legend also made a successful tour through France, Switzerland and Belgium in April 2002, with an audience of 150,000 and 100,000 CDs were sold in only a few months. Then, with the same program, Erisioni toured to other European countries, Russia, and China. In 2005 and 2006, Erisioni is again touring with the same program.
[edit] Global acclaim
Many foreigners became interested in learning more about Georgians after seeing the concert. Some even decided to visit the country, and others took an interest in learning Georgian in order to study the Georgian songs and history in the native language.
