{"id":247,"date":"2007-10-08T15:15:09","date_gmt":"2007-10-08T12:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/?p=247"},"modified":"2012-10-02T15:17:05","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T12:17:05","slug":"georgian-dance-group-returns-to-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/2007\/10\/08\/georgian-dance-group-returns-to-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgian dance group returns to campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-248\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/2007\/10\/08\/georgian-dance-group-returns-to-campus\/georgia\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-248\" title=\"georgia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/files\/2012\/10\/georgia-200x132.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/files\/2012\/10\/georgia-200x132.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/files\/2012\/10\/georgia.jpg 365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>The <strong>Merani Artistic Ensemble of the University of  Tbilisi<\/strong> performed Georgian national dances  in the Pierce College Theater  on Friday, September 21.<\/p>\n<p>The  Merani Artistic Ensemble is one of the best dance groups Georgia has to offer. They  have performed in Greece, both in Athens and Thessaloniki, as well as  other countries in the Balkans and the Middle-East. The Merani Ensemble  does not charge for its performances and they also take part in fundraising events.<\/p>\n<p>The  Merani Ensemble performed this year in order to raise money for the victims of  this year&#8217;s deadly forest fires.<\/p>\n<p>The  show left spectators awed at the sight of the youngsters&#8217; incredible  strength and finesse. The Merani Artistic  Ensemble, who danced magnificently for hours, was showered with applause from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The  Ensemble has performed twice over the past two years at the American College of  Greece. This show has turned in to an annual event because of its popularity  with the community at large as well as the students of the American College  of Greece.<\/p>\n<p>The  Cultural Affairs office has successfully kicked off this year&#8217;s Cultural Program  and we are all looking forward to the events to follow.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Merani Artistic Ensemble of the University of Tbilisi performed Georgian national dances in the Pierce College Theater on Friday, September 21. The Merani Artistic Ensemble is one of the best dance groups Georgia has to offer. They have performed in Greece, both in Athens and Thessaloniki, as well as other countries in the Balkans [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247\/revisions\/251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}