The artistic space of a choreographic performance and its hermeneutics

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to identify the features of the artistic space of a choreographic performance based on the vocabulary of ballroom dance. Methodology. A systematic method was applied, which helped to consider the choreographic performance as an integral artistic system; a philosophical and aesthetic method - for considering and comprehending a choreographic performance in the context of a new stage concept of the 21st century; the typological method used to identify and analyze the components of the artistic space; the method of interpretive analysis of the ways of creating the artistic space of the choreographic performance and the hermeneutic-phenomenological method, which helped to study the possibilities of understanding the meanings of the text of the choreographic performance and methods of their formation. Scientific novelty. The significance of the auditory and visual non-plastic elements of a choreographic performance (scenography, musical arrangement, and dramatic basis) in the context of the development of a holistic image of stage work is considered. The preconditions for the harmonious combination of movement, sound, light, and color are analyzed, and their importance in the process of creating a single artistic image of a choreographic performance is revealed. It has been established that in accordance with the basic principles of interaction and mutual influence of these components, as well as the specifics of their relationship with choreographic vocabulary, a process of qualitative transformation of figurative characteristics occurs while maintaining their inherent aesthetic nature. Conclusions. Choreographic art specifically transforms the features of the artistic space – the artistically reflected and transformed space of reality, endowed with aesthetic meaning and content. Despite the originality of each specific choreographic performance, created on the basis of the vocabulary of ballroom dance, the specifics of the staging solution, etc., a stage choreographic work is an integral artistic phenomenon. The study revealed that the radical transformation of the story sources of stage ballroom dance does not imply violation of their figurative and poetic concept. But the use of specific techniques and methods by choreographers-producers contributes to the creation of a multi-layered artistic space of the performance, the organic interaction of many subtexts, the emergence of innovative semantic perspectives, the generation of semantic potential, and the production of new meanings. It is stated that the multi-layered artistic space of a choreographic performance is due to the specifics of their plot basis, artistic principles, and the individual vision of the director.