Invitation to dance (1979)

Georgia, mountain landscape.

A couple in folk costumes perform a dance against the backdrop of mountains.

Mountain river.

Mountain peaks, valleys.

Views of Tbilisi.

Streets, residents, monuments, traffic.

Choreographer Tamaz Gogotishvili walks along the street.

Tbilisi comprehensive school #3. Schoolchildren walk and enter the school building.

Rehearsal of the children's folk dance ensemble Tamaz Gogotishvili.

Gogotishvili leads the class.

The boys practice dance moves.

The castle is a monument of Georgian architecture.

Dance number of the children's ensemble on the castle grounds.

The girl dances, the boys play musical instruments.

The boys perform a sabre dance.

Gogotishvili leads the rehearsal.

The boys practice moves.

A schoolgirl writes an equation on the board with chalk.

The teacher leads the lesson, the children are at their desks.

Children play basketball in the school yard.

Views of Tbilisi, monuments.

Monument to Niko Pirosmani.

Children from the ensemble in the Pirosmani Museum look at paintings.

Views of old Tbilisi, private sector.

A boy performs a Georgian folk dance, schoolchildren watch.

A boy plays the barrel organ.

Children's feast in the garden, grapes.

Tamaz Gogotishvili speaks to children in Georgian (synchronously).

Children's feast in the garden.

Children celebrate the birthday of a member of the ensemble.

Children swing and chat.

Children and Gogotishvili pick grapes.

Children swim in an outdoor pool.

A river, a castle on a rocky cliff.

The river embankment, view from above.

People on the streets of Tbilisi.

The building of the Paliashvili Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.

A folk dance ensemble performs on stage.

Applause in the hall.

Ballet class, rehearsal of the children's ensemble.

The head of the Academic Folk Dance Ensemble of Georgia Nino Ramishvili communicates with young dancers.

Children at their desks at school, raising their hands.