Georgia has a solid connection to ballet, even before the country was swallowed up by the Soviet Union and became a separate country again. Now, its official ballet company is making its way to the United States for the first time in seven years and this year, Lehman Center for Performing Arts will be the only performance in New York City.
It’s an on-stage appearance Temple Theatre officials understood could generate discourse from fans and critics alike about Nugent’s off-stage reputation.
Ananiashvili’s company, the State Ballet of Georgia, presents a program of works by George Balanchine and Yuri Possokhov at the Lehman Center in the Bronx.