Marry me in Bassiani
(LA)HORDE
IVERONI ENSEMBLE
In 2023, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels is supporting the Théâtre de la Ville for the presentation of Marry Me in Bassiani by (LA)HORDE with the Iveroni Ensemble.
At a traditional wedding in Tbilisi where music and dance run wild, the bride rebels. The ceremony erupts into a techno party. A new Georgia is born!
This is the revival of a performance that made (LA)HORDE a legendary name. The unpredictable trio, already a leading influence, disappeared from the radar in 2018. Where were they hiding? In Tbilisi! And they return, to everyone’s surprise, with the Iveroni Ensemble, a troupe that fiercely embodies the values of an ancestral culture. However they did not by any means give up on tracking down the signs of youth in revolt they found in Bassiani, a techno-club with a reputation well beyond Georgia’s borders. The Iveroni sword-and-heel dance in traditional costume takes unprecedented liberties and becomes the reflection of a society in renewal.
Photo: © Aude Arago
About the collective
© Olivier Metzger
(LA)HORDE
In 2025, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels presents, in collaboration with Sadler's Wells, Age of Content by (LA)HORDE with the Ballet national de Marseille as part of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels festival in London. The initiative is also supporting the creation of a new performance by the collective, presented at the Louvre to close the exhibition Figures of the fool. From the Middle Ages to the Romantics.
