Бальний танець в системі освіти: минуле і сучасність
Ballroom dance in the education system: past and present

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to reveal the features of ballroom choreographic education in the dynamics of historical development and to characterize promising directions for optimizing the educational process in the context of the professional training of the future choreographer. Methodology. The method of theoretical analysis was applied, which contributed to the study of published scientific sources devoted to the problems of professional choreographic education and related problems in accordance with the topic of the article; the method of systems analysis to identify the goal, task, content, volume and rational methods of teaching ballroom choreography, as well as assess the effectiveness of training industry specialists; methodological analysis of the leading pedagogical directions of teaching ballroom dance in the education system, etc. Scientific novelty. The dynamics of the development of ballroom choreographic education in a historical retrospective is investigated and its features are revealed in the context of the artistic culture of the 20th century; analyzed the theoretical and practical foundations of teaching ballroom dance in the context of transformational processes of pedagogical practice; considered the problems of promoting ballroom choreographic education in the development of art, aesthetic and cultural education in Ukraine; the criteria used for an objective academic assessment of ballroom choreographic education in professional educational institutions of Ukraine at the present stage are considered; identified and characterized promising ways of further development of ballroom dance as a performing art and a separate academic discipline. Conclusions. Socio-cultural changes and transformations in the system of training ballroom choreography specialists require optimization of the educational process, in particular in the following aspects: orientation to practical requests; complication and expansion of the structure of professional training of coaches, teachers, and ballet masters of ballroom dance; democratization of the system of choreographic education; integration and adaptation of leading methods of European education; strengthening of structural social and functional interaction within the framework of the system of choreographic education. The study has shown that the development of ballroom dance in Ukraine at the present stage requires the creation and provision of an appropriate level of a specific professionally-oriented education system, the basis of which would be the integrated use of the best traditional and innovative technologies in the field of pedagogy of choreographic art, developed by Ukrainian and foreign theorists and practitioners of dance education. as a backbone element of training specialists.

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