NATIONAL TRENDS IN THE DANCE GENRES OF POLISH AND CZECH OPERA OF THE PERIOD OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The purpose of the article. The article is devoted to the consideration of the issues of manifestation of national dance trends in the opera works of the founders of the Polish and Czech national schools. The research studies the embodiment of specific features of the dance genres of the European dance culture in the operas "Halka" by S. Moniuszko
and "The Sold Bride" by B. Smetana. The methodology lies in the use of historical, systemic and analytical approaches that allow us to consider the processes of the development of the national opera schools in the European musical culture of the middle of the XIX century. The scientific novelty of the work is determined by the need to identify and study the
principles of the existence of dance forms in the opera context. Analysis of the structure of dance episodes of the opera works of S. Moniuszko and B. Smetana gives an opportunity to argue the application of "great dance form" concept. Conclusions. Each sample of a dance genre reflects the mental characteristics of the people, historically developed in
the process of its formation. In the context of opera drama, national dance trends embody the mental code of a dance, which directly reflects the characteristic differences and special expressive features peculiar to the national dances of a certain ethnos