ТРАДИЦІЇ ТАНЦЮ В КАЛЕНДАРНІЙ ОБРЯДОВОСТІ МАСНИЦЬ: КУЛЬТУРОЛОГІЧНІ НАРАТИВИ
DANCE TRADITIONS IN CALENDAR RITUALS OF SHROVETIDE: CULTURAL NARRATIVES

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the work is to describe the calendar rituals of Maslenitsa (Shrovetide) in the context of cultural studies, where dance is an important factor in preserving the potential of traditions. Since ancient times, all ritual actions have been accompanied by words, singing, melody, movements, gestures – that is, by standardised ritual formulas. Thus, dance traditions reflected the worldview and were an expressive means of culture of a particular ethnic group and are still an active factor in the cultural dialogue between the past and modern culture. The research methodology is based on general scientific and special methods: a systematic approach (rituals in the cultural system are substantiated), a structural approach (dance is considered as a phenomenon in the context of cultural practices), a synergistic approach (as a complementary component of the study of dance traditions and the dynamics of their demonstration in the context of calendar rituals). It is through traditions that choreography is able to artistically and aesthetically demonstrate and organise the moving archetypes of human inner freedom and, at the same time, symbolically embody the plastic dynamics of the external world of song in dance images. The scientific novelty is that the modern character of dance in the segments of the cultural core of the traditions of the calendar rituals of Shrovetide is revealed. The idea of dance traditions in the calendar rituals of Shrovetide as a special form of presentation of cultural narratives is substantiated. Therefore, it is now necessary to intensify scientific research on these issues, to comprehend the essence of the historical process of development and preservation of traditions with their subsequent implementation both in Ukraine as a whole and in individual regions. Conclusions. The narratives of "dance in the calendar rituals" are impossible without analysing the heritage of folk traditions. Therefore, it is necessary to expand the scientific contribution to the spiritual treasury of the people, to study the historical and cultural background of the formation of national identity as an achievement of previous eras, that is, to instrumentalise cultural narratives, in particular, in artistic images of calendar rituals.

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