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Being a man in the South Caucasus

For many men, the answer is bound up with tradition: toughness and bravery, independence and self-control. Being a man is loyalty, patriotism and strength, inner and phys...

Masculinities

26 June, 2019

Georgian ballet, the home of Balanchine, struggles to attract male dancers

Georgia once gave the world two of its most famous male ballet dancers – George (Giorgi) Balanchine, considered the father of American ballet, and Vakhtang Chabukia...

Masculinities

26 June, 2019

A Soldier and Ballet Dancer

Razmik Marukyan is 19. Like most Armenian men his age, he is serving his mandatory two years of military service. But, unlike the other young men in his unit, Marukyan ha...

Masculinities

26 June, 2019

Azerbaijani men find refuge in traditional teahouses

While women are slowly being admitted to the teahouse tradition, they are subjected to several "unwritten rules" that range from where they can sit to where female staff...

Masculinities

24 May, 2019

Tomorrow’s Warriors

This film, compiled from earlier documentaries filmed in 2016, depicts daily life in a martial arts training center in the suburbs of the Georgian capital Tbilisi. Men of...

Masculinities

16 May, 2019

Come again, Grandpa

The once warm relations between a boy and his grandfather have became more strained over the past several years. Harut Khachatryan, a five-times married 78-year-old, live...

Masculinities

16 May, 2019

Azerbaijani Men and their Need for Speed

In recent years car tuning, or modifying vehicles to personal taste, has become increasingly popular in Azerbaijan.

Masculinities

16 May, 2019

Dancing Ballet Alone in Nagorno-Karabakh

Heads turn when 46-year-old Mher and 45-year-old Raul Babayan walk down the street with their flamboyant clothes and hairstyles. The two brothers stand out from local men...

Masculinities

16 May, 2019