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because – Vakhtang Chabukiani Tbilisi Ballet Art State definitions – for example, “sama”, “dance”, “gogmani”,
School is located in this building and it has 100-year-long “bukna”, “tamashoba”, i.e. if we follow these explanations,
history. Its history is as old as the history of classical ballet we can think that “dance” implies generally the art of dance,
art in Georgia; however, the building changed its appearance but other explanations are definitions of dance moves.
several times and often faced strong dramatic troubles… “Gogmani” was mostly a dance move of women and meant
All the troubles that our country experienced were acutely light, graceful jumps; “bukna” – deep many-time squatting
reflected on the School and the life of its founders. We think and rhythmically repeated by male-dancers; “kocha” – semi-
it far better to tell our readers more about the adventures squatting moves – i.e. if we compare moves of classical
of the School, those political-economic or ideological dance, this is “Grand et le Demi pli”. In the same Dictionary
regularities as to why and for what it was founded, what was we see explanation of the word “pundruki”, which means
its influence on development of the Georgian culture, what playing moves, youthful singing-racing, buoyant, vivacious
role the state played in the life of the present School than moves. “Tamashoba” in the Dictionary of Saba means
to simply chronologically start with the events and present different happenings and among them all the accepted forms
only dry figures. Let’s start from the fact that dance and of dance – “pundruki and khuntruki” (the latter is the same as
teaching the dance in Georgia did not appear on the vacant pundruki, but performed by women) dance, squatting, round
place. Still in XVII century Archil, King-poet of Georgia, in lineup, Perkhuli (round dance), etc. “Tamashi” according to
his work “Morals of Georgia” wrote that chess and dance Saba implies also such forms of sports as horseback riding,
were specially taught to the children of nobles and princes. jumping, discus throwing (stone throwing), running, etc.
No wonder, because in feudal Georgia great attention was Today the term “Tamashi” passed to the sport, and in art –
focused on dance, appearance, behavior and entertainment only to the dramatic stage, where it implies a performance
in the society. Despite hard struggle of the Orthodox Church or playing a role, unlike the Russian language, in which the
and Catholic Church against any expression of easy life, Russian word”igra” can correspond to - to perform some
they did not manage to reach success in this direction. Even part or musical work on different instruments (“to play the
more – theater, opera, ballet performances were arranged in grand piano”, “to play the violin”), in Georgian it is not the
the theaters, located in the palaces of some Italian cardinals. same. In Georgian “dakvra” and “tamashi” is not the same
The same in Georgia, in the fragments of the wall-paintings – with the musical instruments Georgian uses the word
of the oldest Georgian cathedrals – Svetitskhoveli, Zarzma “dakvra”, and “tamashi” is a prerogative of actors of only
or Bethany are represented dance scenes accompanied dramatic and ballet theaters. Within years “tamashi” meant
by musical instruments. In the decorations of the oldest just dance. The word “gamotamasheba” meant “to invite to
manuscript of the Mokvi Gospel we see figures of dancers. dance”. It should also be stressed dance meant dance on
In Georgia, just as in other countries of Europe, the dances toes or tiptoes. We do not want at all to prove that in Georgia
were divided into the so-called “low-level” (of poor people) ballet exists from the time immemorial, but the culture of
and “high-level” (aristocratic). Refined and differentiated dance on foot thumbs was being formed, taught for a long
terminology also existed, which we come across both in period of time, and is preserved up to the present day. This
classical literature and the dictionary of Sulkhan-Saba is a very important factor.
38 Orbeliani – “Bundle of Words”. According to Saba dance It is also important to consider that in Georgia existed
is “rokva” on toes. The word “rokva” proper has several numerous forms of dance, which reflect character of the