And Then We Danced review, Culture Whisper
You don’t need to know about Georgian politics to be moved by And Then We Danced, the new LGBT+ drama from Levan Akin, but the film grows another layer of importance if you know the background.
Despite being a democratic nation, Georgia is still heavily influenced by conservative values – mostly through their Orthodox Church. As such, the production of And Then We Danced was met with threats for its subject matter: a male dancer falling in love with another male dancer. (Here, their branch of dance is a strictly masculine artform, used to uphold the ‘spirit of the nation’.) This critic didn’t know these controversies prior to watching the film, but, in retrospect, it's clear they spill across every frame.
