Становлення та тенденції розвитку спортивного бального танцю в Німеччині
Formation and development trends of sports ballroom dancing in Germany

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to identify the contribution of German dancers and dance teachers to the development of sports ballroom dancing; to characterize the specifics of the development of competitive dance movement in Germany and the activities of dance organizations in the twentieth century. Methodology. Considering the multidimensional nature of the indicated research problems, it has a complex interdisciplinary nature. General scientific and art history methods were applied: historical (to study the historical period of the formation of competitive ballroom dance in Germany), axiological (to objectively determine and argue the influence of the activities of German dance organizations on the formation of competitive ballroom dance as an organized sport), the method of biographical reconstruction (for detailed reproduction fragments of the biography of leading German dancers and dance teachers of the twentieth century), which made it possible to comprehend the specifics of the development of the competition movement and dance movement in Germany and the process of becoming a sports ballroom dance in historical retrospective. Scientific novelty. The activity of German dancers and dance teachers of the twentieth century is analyzed. in the context of the formation and formation of sports ballroom dance. The influence of German organizations (the Reich Association for the Promotion of Social Dance Development and the International Federation of Amateur Dance) on the development of competitive ballroom dance as an organized sport is revealed. Conclusions. An art study of the specifics of the development of competitive ballroom dancing in Germany (1910–1990s) revealed the contribution of German dancers to the codification of the International Style of Ballroom Dancing, the origin and formation of the ensemble method of performing dance programs – formation. It is revealed that during the twentieth century. German representatives made important transformations in ballroom dancing, contributing to its gradual formation as an organized sport, the definition of norms and concepts of management at the international level.

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