November 20 at 19:00 in the Museum of Theatre, Music, Cinema and Choreography of Georgia will be held presentation of the book of Elizabeth Candell "Balabchini and his lost muse", reports GHN.
The book was translated by Khatuna Basilashvili to mark 110th anniversary from birth of American (originally from Georgia) choreographer of 20th century George Balanchini. This is first Georgian edition about life and artistic way of Balanchini. The book is especially interesting for Georgian reader because there is fully describes history of family of George Balanchini.
The author of the book is famous American journalist, ballet critic Elizabeth Candell. She uses memoirs of contemporaries of Balanchini and publications of that time; also materials gained as a result of researches of archives of Russia, Finland, America and Georgia. The book is financed in the frame of the book translating program of US embassy and was published with the support of the center of Tbilisi cultural events by publishing house "Diogene".