In 2022 Mariam Aleksidze launched original project – a series of open-structure performances, so-called “white ballets” staged to J. S. Bach’s music, in cooperation with musicians and contemporary composers. The first performance of the series The Bach Project 1 staged for Giorgi Aleksidze Tbilisi Contemporary Ballet company combines Bach’s suites for cello solo performed live on the stage of the Royal District Theatre by Mattia Zappa, cellist of Zurich’s Tonhalle Orchestra and Nika Machaidze’s electronic music.
18, 19, 20 February
Royal District Theatre
Premiere
THE BACH PROJECT 1
Contemporary Ballet
Idea and Choreography
Mariam Aleksidze
Music
Johann Sebastian Bach - Cello Suites
Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 - Sarabande
Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012
Mattia Zappa/cello
Electronic music by Nika Machaidze
With participation of:
Giorgi Aleksidze Tbilisi Contemporary Ballet Company
Nino Gogua,
Mariam Darchia, Mariam Koiava, Natalia Kukuladze,
Martin Chlumsky, Tinatin Baramidze, Tamar Latsabidze