KURT JOOSS – A THEORETIC, A PRACTICIAN, A PEDAGOGUE AND HIS INFLUENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN CHOREOGRAPHIC ART Cover Image

КУРТ ЙОСС – ТЕОРЕТИК, ПРАКТИК, ПЕДАГОГ ТА ЙОГО ВПЛИВ НА РОЗВИТОК СУЧАСНОГО ХОРЕОГРАФІЧНОГО МИСТЕЦТВА
KURT JOOSS – A THEORETIC, A PRACTICIAN, A PEDAGOGUE AND HIS INFLUENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN CHOREOGRAPHIC ART

Author(s): Liudmyla Francivna Khotsianovska
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: modern choreography; a system of teaching of dance modernist style; theater dance; dance theater;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article – aspects of the work of an outstanding choreographer of the XXth century, Kurt Jooss, his innovations and achievements, which had a significant impact on the development of contemporary choreographic art. Methodology. In the course of the study, the following methods were used: comparison, generalization, systematization, and interpretation of facts. The scientific novelty for Ukrainian art studies is the study of the influence of Kurt Jooss's versatile activity on the formation and development of European contemporary dance, which has not yet become the subject of a separate study. The article analyzes the achievements of K. Jooss in elaborating theoretical principles and teaching methods of modern dance that allowed not only to improve the quality of professional education in the field of modern choreography but also to significantly expand the lexical potential of modern dance. The contribution of the artist to the development of theoretical issues of art is considered, namely the clarification of the categories "absolute dance", "theatrical dance" and "dance theater".

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 35
  • Page Range: 216-221
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Ukrainian