Творчі пошуки балетмейстерів українського балетного театру в 1960-ті роки
Creative searches of the Ukrainian ballet theater choreographers in the 1960s

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to identify the features of the creative activity of the sixties choreographers in the context of the evolution of the Ukrainian ballet theater of the “P. Shelest era” (1963–1972). Methodology. The method of historicism is applied (to study socio-political conditions and cultural trends of a particular period); cultural method, which helped to study the activities of the sixties choreographers in the context of the development of Ukrainian culture; methods of comparative analysis and stylistic approach aimed at determining the specifics of the choreographic structure of ballet performances, etc. Scientific novelty. The tendencies of development of Ukrainian ballet art in accordance with the specifics of socio-political and cultural life of 1963–1972 are determined; revealed the specifics of the creative search for sixties choreographers in the context of the evolution of the Ukrainian ballet theater of the “P. Shelest era”; The features of the interaction of folk and classical dance in the productions of the sixties choreographers are traced. Conclusions. The performances of the Ukrainian sixties choreographers are distinguished by the non-standard way of solving the images, originality, and individuality, they provide examples of innovative directorial decisions already performed by other choreographers of the productions and the first reading of choreographic works. Socio-political conditions and cultural and artistic trends of 1963–1972 reflected on the specifics of the evolution of the Ukrainian ballet theater, manifesting itself primarily in the intensification of attempts to expand the boundaries of the artistic language by using broad generalizing images, stylizing folk dance or its elements, moving to indirect quoting of folklore sources and enriching choreographic imagery in the context of the reflection of modern issues. Some representations of domestic sixties choreographers are positioned as reconnaissance of new ways in ballet art, which contributed to the formation of innovative trends in choreographic theater and the development of new expressive means of ballet. Their work reflects a variety of genres, forms, vocabulary, and directions of the ballet theater in the culture of Ukraine of the 1960s.

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