Culture and varieties of Georgian national dance - khorumi, kintauri, tseruli.

Georgia is famous all over the world not only a unique technique of choral singing, but also the culture of dance.

The dance tradition of Georgia originated before our time. This is confirmed by extant sources and archaeological finds. It is known that the ancient Greek historian Xenophon mentioned ritual dances among the ancient Georgian tribes.

Georgian folk dances bright and diverse. It is a symbiosis of grace and expression. Like folk music, dances reflect the national flavor, the peculiarities of the area in which they originated. Each region has its own characteristic features, a peculiar style of performance. These features are reflected in the dance costume – an essential attribute of dance.

Through the dance, Georgians talked about their daily life. This is evidenced by the characteristic movements symbolizing traditional occupations: hunting, cattle breeding, agricultural work, combat battles. With the development of dance culture, dance was supplemented with other images: wedding, competitive, entertaining, and later became a professional occupation. The basic dance movements were fixed.

Georgian dance is difficult to perform. Skill, physical strength and endurance are required. The movements of women are graceful and soft. Smoothly stepping over small steps, they seem to float above the ground. In contrast to women, men move sharply, expressively and quickly, demonstrating strength and belligerence. Mandatory elements in the dance of men are high jumps, complex pirouettes, sharp turns, dancing on fingers and knees. All dance moves are performed with a straight and motionless back.