The Impact of Multimedia Technologies on Transformation of Bodily Expressiveness and Stage Expression in Choreographic Art
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https://doi.org/10.32461/2226-3209.4.2025.351942Keywords:
choreographic art, stage expression, multimedia technologies, corporeality, digitalisation, stage communication, technological integrationAbstract
The purpose of the article is to investigate the specifics of the influence of multimedia technologies on the formation of bodily expressiveness and stage expression in choreographic art and to determine the patterns of interaction between the bodily and technological in the performance process. Research methodology. The article applies the praxeological method to study new forms of stage expression that arise as a result of the integration of technological innovations into choreographic practices; comparative – to identify the features of the interaction between traditional and multimedia choreography; systemic-structural – to determine the relationships between bodily, spatial and technological elements in choreographic practices; aesthetic and semiotic analysis made it possible to identify ways of forming expressiveness and meaning in multimedia stage action; observation and analysis of artistic practices – to study examples of choreographic productions using multimedia technologies. The scientific novelty lies in the elucidation of the mechanisms of transformation of stage expression under the influence of multimedia technologies and the theoretical substantiation of their integration into choreographic performance as a component that rethinks the interaction of the bodily and technological in stage space. Conclusions. Stage expression in choreographic art is defined as the result of a multi-level interaction of bodily, emotional-cognitive and technological components that form new models of stage communication. The integration of multimedia technologies contributes to the transformation of traditional forms of stage expressiveness, resulting in the formation of a new aesthetics of stage action, in which the multimedia environment not only complements, but also actively models the plastic, emotional and semantic dimension of the choreographic work. Therefore, stage expression in the conditions of digitalisation combines the human body and technological means into a single artistic system, determining further trends in the development of modern choreographic art.
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