Dance Culture of Polissia as a Source of Folk-Modern Dance Development

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to identify the features of the transformation of the vocabulary of authentic dance of Polissia in the process of creating a production of modern choreography. The research methodology is based on the synthesis of general scientific and special scientific methods. The method of scientific analysis, the method of observation, the typological method, the method of synthesis, the method of comparative analysis, the method of genre-stylistic and art history analysis were applied. Scientific novelty. The issues of transformation processes of the vocabulary of folk dance of Polissia in the process of its use by choreographers-producers of modern choreography are considered. The choreographic productions of O. Manshilin (Laboratory of Contemporary Dance), R. Poklitaru and A. Shoshin (Kyiv Modern Ballet), N. Motorna (performance “Pini Polissia”, Malyi Teatr) are analysed in the context of unique authorial approaches to working with dance folklore primary sources within the framework of the folk-modern direction. Conclusions. Modern choreography is a complex multimedia and transcultural phenomenon that requires the choreographer-director to develop an authorial approach based on a compilation, combined choreographic traditions and forms, the development of new directions and styles, bold experiments in the process of their own reading and rethinking of dance experience. In the work of modern Ukrainian ballet masters, approaches to the synthesis of the technical capabilities of modern dance and plastic motifs and movements of authentic Polissia dance are built on the representation of purely bodily human experience, the creation of a choreographic pattern by means of interpreting the complex and multifaceted code of Polissia dance culture and strengthening its connotational connections with elements of modern culture. The main emphasis is on the study of various aspects of Polissia dance, the use of archival materials and bodily memory to create new readings of the past, opening up a wide range of possibilities in which intertemporal dialogue contributes to the reconstruction of new scenarios. Archaic layers of Polissia dance culture are represented by means of specific mechanisms and procedures of dramatic time and space in productions of modern choreography. Among the main elements of Polissia authentic dance that undergo authorial interpretation in productions of modern choreography: a unique rhythmic basis, typical lexical elements, elements of dance ritual, etc.