(Portrait © EFP/Harald Fuhr)

Levan Gelbakhiani's first passion was dance, and at 15, he began training at the Georgian Classical Ballet School. He has been performing with some of Georgia's well known dance companies. His talent caught the eye of Levan Akin, director of And Then We Danced [+see also:
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