Levan akin’s Film takes only a few minutes to get to the point. In the Academy of the national dance ensemble of Georgia students are in the samples. Merab dancing with Mari the Adjaruli, a classic in their field. The teacher corrected the young man: Just “like a nail” is he going to hold himself upright “like a monument”. Then there is instructions for his partner: her eyes may not be “playful”, you must seek purity to radiate. Virginal Purity. The teacher is even more pronounced: In the Georgian dance, he explains, there is no sexuality. “He’s not the Lambada,” he adds and opens a cultural difference, which assigns the country a place in the world: far from Latin sensuality, close to an Ideal that no one can tell where it’s from actually.
The Swedish-Georgian film Director puts this scene, excerpts from historical recordings, where you can see what Merab and Mari work: dances in front of a large audience, in traditional costumes. This is the task of the ensemble, which also has a space for Merab, the nominee is. In the midst of the teachings into one door opens, another dancer enters the scene. Irakli is wearing an earring, which catches the eye immediately and he has to discard. His charisma is great, and it acts primarily on Merab. Sexuality, it must not be allowed in the Georgian dance adds a further Dimension, a further attraction. Because Merab and Irakli are now competitors, in the Innermost but they are not, as you quickly find out, a Couple of, a dream they strive to few even, however, for the administrator of the heritage, to the also.
